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CVE-2025-64118

node-tar vulnerable to race condition leading to uninitialized memory exposure

Published: Oct 30, 2025Updated: Nov 4, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-362
7.0HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.1%
Top 97.3%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HC:HI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:LAccess Vector
Local
AC:HAccess Complexity
High
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
H
I:LIntegrity
L
A:LAvailability
L
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Weaknesses

CWE-362CWE-367

Affected Products

Node.js Foundation
oss-project·USaka nodejs foundation, node foundation
Node.jsLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries
node-tar
OSS Libraries
npm
package-ecosystem
tar
OSS Libraries
isaacs
individual-devaka isaacs tar, isaacs node packages
node-tarLibrary
OSS Libraries / npm

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/5330eb04bc43014f216e5c271b40d5c00d45224d
github.com
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/issues/445
github.com
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/pull/446
github.com
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