{"id":"CVE-2025-64118","summary":"node-tar vulnerable to race condition leading to uninitialized memory exposure","details":"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.","aliases":["GHSA-29xp-372q-xqph"],"modified":"2026-04-10T05:33:41.766182Z","published":"2025-10-30T17:50:20.421Z","related":["CGA-jvjm-2q7m-prcf"],"database_specific":{"cna_assigner":"GitHub_M","cwe_ids":["CWE-362","CWE-367"],"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/64xxx/CVE-2025-64118.json"},"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/64xxx/CVE-2025-64118.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-29xp-372q-xqph"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64118"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/issues/445"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/5330eb04bc43014f216e5c271b40d5c00d45224d"},{"type":"FIX","url":"https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/pull/446"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5330eb04bc43014f216e5c271b40d5c00d45224d"}]}],"versions":["0.1.0","0.1.10","0.1.11","0.1.12","0.1.13","0.1.2","0.1.3","0.1.5","0.1.6","0.1.7","0.1.8","0.1.9","v0.1.14","v0.1.15","v0.1.16","v0.1.17","v0.1.18","v0.1.19","v0.1.20","v1.0.0","v1.0.1","v1.0.2","v1.0.3","v2.0.0","v2.0.1","v2.1.0","v2.1.1","v2.2.1","v3.0.0","v3.0.1","v3.1.0","v3.1.1","v3.1.10","v3.1.11","v3.1.12","v3.1.13","v3.1.14","v3.1.15","v3.1.2","v3.1.3","v3.1.4","v3.1.5","v3.1.6","v3.1.7","v3.1.8","v3.1.9","v3.2.0","v4.0.0","v4.0.1","v4.0.2","v4.1.0","v4.1.1","v4.1.2","v4.2.0","v4.3.0","v4.3.1","v4.3.2","v4.3.3","v4.4.0","v4.4.1","v4.4.10","v4.4.11","v4.4.12","v4.4.13","v4.4.2","v4.4.3","v4.4.4","v4.4.5","v4.4.6","v4.4.7","v4.4.8","v4.4.9","v5.0.1","v5.0.2","v5.0.3","v5.0.4","v5.0.5","v6.0.0","v6.0.1","v6.0.2","v6.0.3","v6.0.4","v6.0.5","v6.1.0","v6.1.1","v6.1.10","v6.1.11","v6.1.12","v6.1.13","v6.1.14","v6.1.15","v6.1.2","v6.1.3","v6.1.4","v6.1.5","v6.1.6","v6.1.7","v6.1.8","v6.1.9","v6.2.0","v6.2.1","v7.0.0","v7.0.1","v7.1.0","v7.2.0","v7.3.0","v7.4.0","v7.4.1","v7.4.2","v7.4.3","v7.4.4","v7.5.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-64118.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"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"}]}