CVE catalog
CVE-2024-28863
node-tar: CVE-2024-28863
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.93% · Oct 25, 2026
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.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-tar | sid | 7.5.22+~4.0.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-tar | forky | 7.5.22+~4.0.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-tar | trixie | 6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1+deb13u1 | fixed |
| Debian | node-tar | bookworm | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Debian | node-tar | bookworm-security | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| Npm | node-tar | Not reported | 6.2.1 | fixed |
| Npm | tar | Not reported | 6.2.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | node-tar | pro | 4.4.10+ds1-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-tar | pro | 4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-tar | pro | 4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-tar | 22.04 | 6.1.7+~cs11.3.10-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-tar | 22.04 | 6.1.11+~cs11.3.10-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-tar | 22.04 | 6.1.11+ds1+~cs6.0.6-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-tar | 24.04 | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | node-tar | 24.04 | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-3 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | node-tar | source | sid | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-tar | source | forky | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-tar | source | trixie | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-2 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | node-tar | source | bookworm | 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1+deb12u1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Npm | node-tar | npm | Not reported | 6.2.1 | Not reported | GHSA-F5X3-32G6-XQ36 | Not reported |
| Npm | tar | npm | Not reported | 6.2.1 | Not reported | GHSA-F5X3-32G6-XQ36 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/rhsa-2024_5814.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2024-28863]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-28863]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-28863]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2024/cve-2024-28863.json]
- [https://wid.cert-bund.de/.well-known/csaf/white/2024/wid-sec-w-2024-1215.json]
[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]