CVE-2024-28863
Denial of service while parsing a tar file due to lack of folders count validation
6.5
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.66%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-28863
To remediate CVE-2024-28863, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u3 or later
- —upgrade to 6.2.1 or later
- —upgrade to 6.2.1 or later
Is CVE-2024-28863 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.7%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u3
- from 0, < 6.2.1
- from 0, < 6.2.1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |