CVE security advisories and vulnerability history for tar by npm.
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npm tar has 15 published CVE records since 2017, of which 0 are in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and 6 have a known public exploit. The average CVSS base score across scored CVEs is 7.9.
This page aggregates every publicly disclosed vulnerability (CVE) affecting npm tar, with a severity breakdown, the affected and patched versions, the most common weakness types, and the full CVE list.
How the CVSS severity of npm tar's CVEs breaks down, plus how many are exploited in the wild or have public exploit code.
2 additional CVEs have no CVSS severity score.
In CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
0
None of npm tar's CVEs are currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog.
Public exploits
6
6 of npm tar's CVEs have a known public exploit available.
Browse every npm tar version named in a CVE, then pick one to see only the CVEs that affect it.
15 CVEs
The CWE weakness categories most often found in npm tar CVEs. Follow any weakness for its full explanation.
How many npm tar CVEs were published each year.
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Common questions about npm tar vulnerabilities.
npm tar has 15 published CVE records since 2017.
None of npm tar's CVEs are currently listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Yes — 6 of npm tar's CVEs have a known public exploit.
25 distinct npm tar versions are named across its CVEs. Use the version filter above to see the CVEs affecting a specific version.
npm tar's CVEs most often map to these CWE weakness types: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')), CWE-59 (Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')), CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)), CWE-367 (Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition).
The average CVSS base score across npm tar's scored CVEs is 7.9.
Vulnerability data is sourced from the CVE Program; severity, KEV, and exploit signals are aggregated by RadicalNotion.AI.
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