{"action":"Upgrade tar to 4.4.18 or later.","affected":[{"fixed":"4.4.18","introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.0.10","introduced":"5.0.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.9","introduced":"6.0.0"}],"component":"tar","cve_ids":["CVE-2021-37713"],"ecosystem":"npm","epss":0.01273,"exploited":false,"fixed_versions":["4.4.18","5.0.10","6.1.9"],"ghsa_id":"GHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh","id":"tcs_01M5KF36HREXQF9P6XG8TFFEYA","modified_at":"2026-07-08T06:28:41.552506062Z","published_at":"2021-08-31T16:05:05Z","references":["https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh","https://github.com/npm/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh","https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-37713","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/52b09e309bcae0c741a7eb79a17ef36e7828b946","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/82eac952f7c10765969ed464e549375854b26edc","https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/875a37e3ec031186fc6599f6807341f56c584598","https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf","https://github.com/npm/node-tar","https://www.npmjs.com/package/tar","https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"],"severity":{"label":"high","score":8.2},"sources":[{"source":"osv","source_id":"GHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-5955-9wpr-37jh"}],"summary":"Arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite on Windows via insufficient relative path sanitization"}