CVE-2025-64118
CVE-2025-64118 · node-tar vulnerable to race condition leading to uninitialized memory exposure
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node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. In 7.5.1, using .t (aka .list) with { sync: true } to read tar entry contents returns uninitialized memory contents if tar file was changed on disk to a smaller size while being read. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.2.
CVSS 6.1 · Medium · EPSS 0.1% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Affected products and versions
node-tar
- Versions
- = 7.5.1: Affected
No fix published
tar npm
- Versions
- 7.5.1
- Affected ranges
- SEMVER: ≥ 7.5.1, < 7.5.2
Update to 7.5.2
node-tar Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 0.1.18-1
- 0.1.18-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
node-tar Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1.0.3-2
- 1.0.3-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
node-tar Ubuntu:18.04:LTS
- Versions
- 2.2.1-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
node-tar Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS
- Versions
- 4.4.10+ds1-2
- 4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1
- 4.4.10+ds1-2ubuntu1+esm1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
node-tar Ubuntu:22.04:LTS
- Versions
- 6.1.7+~cs11.3.10-1
- 6.1.11+~cs11.3.10-1
- 6.1.11+ds1+~cs6.0.6-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
node-tar Ubuntu:24.04:LTS
- Versions
- 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-1
- 6.1.13+~cs7.0.5-3
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
node-tar Ubuntu:25.10
- Versions
- 6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
node-tar Ubuntu:26.10
- Versions
- 6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-10
- 7.5.22+~4.0.1-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published
node-tar Ubuntu:26.04:LTS
- Versions
- 6.2.1+~cs7.0.8-1
- 6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-6
- 6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-7
- 6.2.1+ds1+~cs6.1.13-10
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: (−∞, +∞)
No fix published