{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "database_specific": {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "introduced": "0"
              },
              {
                "fixed": "7.5.19"
              }
            ],
            "source": [
              "CPE_RANGE",
              "REFERENCES"
            ]
          },
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "be440da64e9fe80c68c755d8147328ea1cc2a9ad"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2812e9338665659b183aa7226518c307044957d3"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-23hp-3jrh-7fpw"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-770"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/59xxx/CVE-2026-59873.json"
  },
  "details": "node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.19, node-tar does not enforce hard upper bounds on total decompressed data, entry counts, or decompression ratio in extraction and parsing paths such as src/extract.ts, allowing a small crafted gzip bomb to exhaust disk space and CPU. This issue is fixed in version 7.5.19.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-59873",
  "modified": "2026-08-07T11:31:07.015223242Z",
  "published": "2026-07-08T15:22:40.077Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/releases/tag/v7.5.19"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/59xxx/CVE-2026-59873.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-23hp-3jrh-7fpw"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-59873"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/2812e9338665659b183aa7226518c307044957d3"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.8.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "node-tar: Decompression/parse DoS via unlimited input"
}