const fs = require('fs'); const tar = require('tar-stream'); const extract = tar.extract(); extract.on('entry', (header, stream, next) => { const out = fs.createWriteStream(header.name); // $ Alert if (header.linkname) { fs.linkSync(header.linkname, "foo"); // $ Alert } stream.pipe(out); stream.on('end', () => { next(); }) stream.resume(); }) extract.on('finish', () => { console.log('finished'); }); fs.createReadStream('./bad.tar').pipe(extract);