Description
A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2). An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A patch has been applied to node-tar v2.2.2).
Published: 2019-04-30
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-0468 A vulnerability was found in node-tar before version 4.4.2 (excluding version 2.2.2). An Arbitrary File Overwrite issue exists when extracting a tarball containing a hardlink to a file that already exists on the system, in conjunction with a later plain file with the same name as the hardlink. This plain file content replaces the existing file content. A patch has been applied to node-tar v2.2.2).
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j44m-qm6p-hp7m Arbitrary File Overwrite in tar
History

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Isaacs
Isaacs tar
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:node-tar_project:node-tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:isaacs:tar:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Node-tar Project
Node-tar Project node-tar
Isaacs
Isaacs tar

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Isaacs Tar
Redhat Rhel Software Collections
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T12:12:27.376Z

Reserved: 2019-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20834

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-04-30T19:29:03.327

Modified: 2026-02-04T18:31:45.707

Link: CVE-2018-20834

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2018-04-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2018-20834 - Bugzilla

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