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CVE-2024-28863

Published: Mar 21, 2024

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.5

MEDIUM

Description

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders.

Vendor	Product	Versions
isaacs	node-tar	affected `< 6.2.1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

References

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7

x_refsource_MISC

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0005/

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