Tar
Vendor:
First CVE: Aug 26, 2019 · Active for 6 years
5
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 77% of tracked products
1.7
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 59% of tracked products
7.5
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 59% of tracked products
0.0%
KEV Rate
Bottom 1%
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Tar over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Aug 26, 2019
6 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Mar 20, 2026
126 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Tar5 CVEs
20%
80%
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
MediumHigh
Attack Vector
Local0 (0.0%)
Network5 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low5 (100.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
User Interaction
None2 (40.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Required3 (60.0%)
Privileges Required
Low0 (0.0%)
High0 (0.0%)
None5 (100.0%)
Unknown0 (0.0%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (5 CVEs).
5 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2021-32804HIGH The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 6.1.1, 5.0.6, 4.4.14, and 3.3.2 has a arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite vulnerability due to insufficient absolute path sanitiz | Aug 3, 2021 | 8.1 | 33 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-32803HIGH The npm package "tar" (aka node-tar) before versions 6.1.2, 5.0.7, 4.4.15, and 3.2.3 has an arbitrary File Creation/Overwrite vulnerability via insufficient symlink protection. `no | Aug 3, 2021 | 8.1 | 29 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-33056MEDIUM tar-rs is a tar archive reading/writing library for Rust. In versions 0.4.44 and below, when unpacking a tar archive, the tar crate's unpack_dir function uses fs::metadata() to che | Mar 20, 2026 | 6.5 | 26 | NO | NO |
CVE-2021-38511HIGH An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.36 for Rust. When symlinks are present in a TAR archive, extraction can create arbitrary directories via .. traversal. | Aug 10, 2021 | 7.5 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-20990HIGH An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust. Arbitrary file overwrite can occur via a symlink or hardlink in a TAR archive. | Aug 26, 2019 | 7.5 | 23 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (5 CVEs).
CISA KEV
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Metasploit
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (5 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (5 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Tar
Top CWEs
Versions
No cataloged versions.