CVE-2026-53655

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.16, tar (node-tar) applies a PAX extended header's size= record (and other PAX overrides) to the next header entry of any type, including intermediary metadata headers such as a GNU long-name (L) or long-link (K) entry. Per POSIX pax, a PAX extended header (x) describes the next file entry, not the intermediary extension headers that may sit between the x header and the file it annotates. Because node-tar lets the PAX size override the byte length of an intervening L/K/x header, an attacker can desynchronize node-tar's stream cursor relative to every other mainstream tar implementation (GNU tar, libarchive/bsdtar, Python tarfile, and the now-fixed tar-rs / astral-tokio-tar). The result is a tar parser interpretation differential (CWE-436): a single crafted archive yields a different set of members under node-tar than under the reference tar tools. An attacker can use this to hide a member from one parser while it is visible to another, which defeats security tooling whose scanner and extractor disagree on archive contents (e.g. a malware/secret scanner that lists entries with one library while a downstream step extracts with another) This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.16.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

History

26 Jun 2026, 20:03

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CPE cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5
References () https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-vmf3-w455-68vh - () https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-vmf3-w455-68vh - Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
First Time Isaacs tar
Isaacs

23 Jun 2026, 15:16

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References () https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-vmf3-w455-68vh - () https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-vmf3-w455-68vh -

22 Jun 2026, 16:16

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-22 16:16

Updated : 2026-06-26 20:03


NVD link : CVE-2026-53655

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53655

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53655


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Products Affected

isaacs

  • tar
CWE
CWE-436

Interpretation Conflict