CVE-2026-59874

A flaw was found in node-tar, a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted tar archive with a negative entry size in its header. This malformed header causes the archive scanner to enter an infinite loop, repeatedly parsing the same header and preventing further processing. This can lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition, making the affected system or application unresponsive.

This Important denial of service flaw in node-tar affects Red Hat products that process untrusted tar archives. A remote attacker can provide a specially crafted archive with a malformed header, leading to an infinite loop during parsing and causing the application to become unresponsive. This can impact the availability of services relying on node-tar for archive manipulation.

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.