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SCA: security update for tar (GHSA-9ppj-qmqm-q256)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 438634

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 7.5.11, tar (npm) can be tricked into
 creating a symlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative symlink target
 such as C:../../../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x() extraction.
 This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.11. (CVE-2026-31802)

Solution

Update the tar library and its related packages to version 7.5.11 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9ppj-qmqm-q256

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 438634

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/11/2026

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-31802

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/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:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/10/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-31802

cwe: CWE-22