CVE-2024-28863
node-tar vulnerable to denial of service while parsing a tar file due to lack of folders count validation
At a glance
- Severity
- MEDIUM 6.5
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.93 % · percentile 60 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- GitHub_M
- NVD status
- Analyzed
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | GitHub_M |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
Advisories
- GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36 — Denial of service while parsing a tar file due to lack of folders count validation
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-0909
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-28863
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0500 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware Tanzu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0395 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0249 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0021 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-1103 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-1051 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0630 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans IBM QRadar · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0579 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*< 6.2.1
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| isaacs · node-tar | affected < 6.2.1 |
References
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0005/
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |