CVE-2024-28863
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.93%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.93% probability · 59th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Affected
- isaacs/tar
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7Patch
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0005/Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7Patch
- https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0005/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.