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CVE-2025-64118 Detail

Description

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. In 7.5.1, using .t (aka .list) with { sync: true } to read tar entry contents returns uninitialized memory contents if tar file was changed on disk to a smaller size while being read. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.2.


Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score
CNA:  GitHub, Inc.
CVSS-B 6.1 MEDIUM
Vector:  CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:L/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/5330eb04bc43014f216e5c271b40d5c00d45224d GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/issues/445 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/pull/446 GitHub, Inc.
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-29xp-372q-xqph GitHub, Inc.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') GitHub, Inc.  
CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition GitHub, Inc.  

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-64118
NVD Published Date:
10/30/2025
NVD Last Modified:
11/04/2025
Source:
GitHub, Inc.