What is CVE-2024-28863?

CVE-2024-28863 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Isaacs Node-tar, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2024-28863?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-28863 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Isaacs Node-tar

CVE-2024-28863

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system runni…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.007 (71.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Isaacs Node-tar — versions < 6.2.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-f5x3-32g6-xq36 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/fe8cd57da5686f8695415414bda49206a545f7f7 (x_refsource_MISC)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240524-0005/

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-28863?: CVE-2024-28863 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Isaacs Node-tar, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2024-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2024-28863?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-28863 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.