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SCA: security update for tar (GHSA-34x7-hfp2-rc4v)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 437342

Description

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

 - node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check
 for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic.
 This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path traversal protections
 and creates hardlinks to arbitrary files outside the extraction directory. Version 7.5.7 contains a fix
 for the issue. (CVE-2026-24842)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-34x7-hfp2-rc4v

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 437342

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/28/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.78

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-24842

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/28/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-24842