CVE-2026-59874
A remote, anonymous attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform to bypass security measures, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, manipulate data, trigger a denial-of-service condition, or execute arbitrary code.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities can be exploited by a remote, anonymous attacker to bypass security measures, conduct cross-site scripting attacks, manipulate data, trigger denial-of-service conditions, or execute arbitrary code.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform.
- Urgency
- Remediation is high urgency due to the potential for remote code execution and other severe impacts.
- Action
- Update to the latest version to address these vulnerabilities.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.42% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 35% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (5)
- high[NEW] [high] Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform (node-tar, linkify-it, protobufjs, brace-expansion, fast-uri,…cert-bund · 2026-08-25
- unknownMultiple vulnerabilities in IBM products (July 31, 2026)cert-fr-avis · 2026-07-31
- highGHSA-8x88-c5mf-7j5w: node-tar: Negative tar entry size causes infinite loop in archive replaceghsa · 2026-07-20
- highCVE-2026-59874: node-tar: Negative tar entry size causes infinite loop in archive replacemsrc · 2026-07-14
- highCVE-2026-59874: node-tar is a tar archive manipulation library for Node.js. Prior to 7.5.18, tar.replace accep…nvd · 2026-07-08
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