CVE-2026-26960 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2026-26960: node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. When using default options in versions 7.5.7 and below, an attacker-controlled archive can create a hardlink inside the extraction directory that points to a file outside the extraction root, enabling arbitrary file read and write as the extracting user.

Affects 1 Linux release across 1 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2026-26960 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

node-tar→ fixed in6.0.5+ds1+~cs11.3.9-1+deb11u3urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y node-tar
```

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