CVE intelligence

CVE-2024-28863

Vulnerability intelligence

Published Mar 21, 2024Sources checked Oct 6, 2026

6.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10

What this means

Review the available evidence

CVE-2024-28863 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 6.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.

What to do next

Remediation and response

Microsoft Security Response Center guidance

Vendor revision: Aug 17, 2026

CBL-Mariner Releases

Vendor-listed releases

3.1.1-17
18.20.3-1
20.14.0-1

CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog

EPSS0.9%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability

Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field

Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships

Overview

What is CVE-2024-28863?

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. node-tar prior to version 6.2.1 has no limit on the number of sub-folders created in the folder creation process. An attacker who generates a large number of sub-folders can consume memory on the system running node-tar and even crash the Node.js client within few seconds of running it using a path with too many sub-folders inside. Version 6.2.1 fixes this issue by preventing extraction in excessively deep sub-folders.

Source: NVD