npm package report

Is node-tar safe?

1 known vulnerability, worst severity MODERATE.

cvss
6.5

how bad it is if exploited, out of 10

epss
0.90%

chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

xyz score
not scored

CyberXYZ composite, out of 10

fig. 01 — GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36, the advisory selected below

// advisories

GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36

MODERATECVE-2024-28863

During some analysis today on npm's node-tar package I came across the folder creation process, Basicly if you provide node-tar with a path like this ./a/b/c/foo.txt it would create every folder and sub-folder here a, b and c until it reaches the last folder to create foo.txt, In-this case I noticed that there's no validation at all on the amount of folders being created, that said we're actually

Affected
< 6.2.1
Fixed in
6.2.1
Weakness
CWE-400
Published
2024-03-22
Source
github

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// dependencies

0 direct

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// ai model usage

Tracked for PyPI packages. HuggingFace models declare Python dependencies, so npm packages are not covered.

Checked 2026-09-22 at 00:38 UTC. The most recent advisory here was published 2024-03-22. Updated continuously from NVD, GHSA, OSV and CNA feeds.

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