SCA: security update for tar (GHSA-r292-9mhp-454m)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 445278

Description

node-tar: Uncontrolled recursion in mapHas/filesFilter allows uncatchable stack-overflow DoS via crafted long-path tar with member selection

Solution

Update the tar library and its related packages to version 7.5.21 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r292-9mhp-454m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445278

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 7/24/2026

Updated: 7/24/2026

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/24/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/24/2026

Reference Information