Bug 2434723 - CVE-2026-24842 nodejs24: node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite via Hardlink Path Traversal [fedora-43]
Summary: CVE-2026-24842 nodejs24: node-tar Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Creation/Overw...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: nodejs24
Version: 43
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
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Assignee: Jan Staněk
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["6936c2cc-4b88-4def-ba38-2...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-24842
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Reported: 2026-01-28 21:11 UTC by Marco Benatto
Modified: 2026-02-02 09:09 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-02-02 09:09:14 UTC
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Description Marco Benatto 2026-01-28 21:11:43 UTC
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Comment 1 Andrei 2026-02-02 09:09:14 UTC
We assessed that node-tar vulnerability does not applicable here since npm that uses node-tar under the hood for tar creation/extracting adds additional stripping of all links in the archives on top of tar's (vulnerable here) sanitizing. 

Closing.


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