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SCA: security update for tar (GHSA-29xp-372q-xqph)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 435885

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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. (CVE-2025-64118)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29xp-372q-xqph

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 435885

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 10/30/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-64118

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Threat Score: 1.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/30/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/30/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-64118

cwe: CWE-362