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SCA: security update for node-tar, tar (GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 414307

Description

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

 - node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders
 created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can
 consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of
 running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing
 extraction in excessively deep sub-folders. (CVE-2024-28863)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414307

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.49

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28863

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/22/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28863

IAVB: 2024-B-0027

cwe: CWE-400