How many CVEs have patched umask?

1 published CVEs changed umask in isaacs/node-tar, in 1 distinct patches totalling 2 changed lines, between 2026 and 2026.

What is the latest CVE that changed umask?

CVE-2026-26960 (node-tar has Arbitrary File Read/Write via Hardlink Target Escape Through Symlink Chain in Extraction), published 2026-02-20, changed lines 241 of src/unpack.ts.

How does umask compare to the rest of isaacs/node-tar?

isaacs/node-tar has 17 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed umask.

What do the line numbers refer to?

Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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umask in isaacs/node-tar: Patched by 1 CVEs

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umask

Name: umask in isaacs/node-tar: CVE fixes
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

src/unpack.ts

Last patched February 20, 2026

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Backports counted once

Lines changed

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2026

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Overview

umask in isaacs/node-tar was changed by 1 published CVE fixes in 2026, in 1 distinct patches that added or removed 2 lines in total.

isaacs/node-tar has 17 CVEs with a located fix in total, so 6% of them touched this function.

CVEs that patched it

Every published CVE whose fix changed umask, newest first, with the lines each fix touched.

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node-tar has Arbitrary File Read/Write via Hardlink Target Escape Through Symlink Chain in Extraction
CVE-2026-26960 · line 241 · +1 −1
High · CVSS 7.1
EPSS 0.2%2026-02-20

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Other functions in these files

Functions in the same file that CVE fixes also changed.

1mkdirsrc/unpack.ts1 CVEs · 1 patches2026

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Functions in isaacs/node-tar changed by the most CVE fixes.

normalize1 CVEs · lib/unpack.js mkdir1 CVEs · src/unpack.ts reduce1 CVEs · src/pax.ts decNumber1 CVEs · src/header.ts abort1 CVEs · src/parse.ts write1 CVEs · src/parse.ts

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Common questions about CVE fixes to umask.

How many CVEs have patched umask?: 1 published CVEs changed umask in isaacs/node-tar, in 1 distinct patches totalling 2 changed lines, between 2026 and 2026.
What is the latest CVE that changed umask?: CVE-2026-26960 (node-tar has Arbitrary File Read/Write via Hardlink Target Escape Through Symlink Chain in Extraction), published 2026-02-20, changed lines 241 of src/unpack.ts.
How does umask compare to the rest of isaacs/node-tar?: isaacs/node-tar has 17 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed umask.
What do the line numbers refer to?: Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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