Is CVE-2026-31802 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2026-31802 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2026-31802?

CVE-2026-31802 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (Important).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2026-31802?

CVE-2026-31802 has an EPSS score of 0.25% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2026-31802

HIGH

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.11, tar (npm) can be tricked into creating a symlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative symlink target such as C:../../../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x() extraction. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.11.

CWE-22Path Traversal

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityNone

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-03-18.