{"schema_version":1,"title":"GNU tar vulnerabilities","summary":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 8 vulnerabilities in GNU tar: 0 in the last 7 days and 4 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, node-tar stack overflow DoS via crafted long-path tar archive, was published on 24 July 2026.","url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/tar","json_url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/tar.json","publisher":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence","license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/tar","sources":"NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories","kind":"technology","counts":{"high":3,"all_time":8,"critical":0,"exploited":0,"last_7_days":0,"last_30_days":0,"last_90_days":4,"last_365_days":7},"latest":[{"cvss":5.3,"slug":"node-tar-stack-overflow-dos-via-crafted-long-path-tar-archive-4e4c41cd","title":"node-tar stack overflow DoS via crafted long-path tar 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