{"schema_version":1,"title":"tar (npm) vulnerabilities","summary":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 17 vulnerabilities in tar (npm): 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. 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