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SCA: security update for tar (GHSA-qffp-2rhf-9h96)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438410

Description

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

 - node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.10, tar 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. This issue has
 been patched in version 7.5.10. (CVE-2026-29786)

Solution

Update the tar library and its related packages to version 7.5.10 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qffp-2rhf-9h96

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438410

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/5/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.3

Percentile: 96.38

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-29786

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: 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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/5/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-29786