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Echo: tar: security update to 7.5.17

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 465905

Description

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

 - node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.17, node-tar does not strip NUL
 bytes from PAX path and linkpath records in src/pax.ts, allowing a crafted archive with values to reach
 fs.lstat or fs.open and terminate the process with an uncaught exception. This issue is fixed in version
 7.5.17. (CVE-2026-59875)

Solution

Update the tar library and its related packages to version 7.5.17 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-59875

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 465905

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/2/2026

Updated: 10/3/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-59875

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/28/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-59875