GHSA-GCHP-Q4R4-X4FF tar-rs incorrectly ignores PAX size headers if header size is nonzero

Summary As part of CVE-2025-62518 the astral-tokio-tar project was changed to correctly honor PAX size headers in the case where it was different from the base header. However, it was missed at the time that this project the original Rust tar crate had a conditional logic that skipped the PAX siz...

tar-rs incorrectly ignores PAX size headers if header size is nonzero

Summary As part of CVE-2025-62518 the astral-tokio-tar project was changed to correctly honor PAX size headers in the case where it was different from the base header. However, it was missed at the time that this project the original Rust tar crate had a conditional logic that skipped the PAX siz...

Security Bulletin: IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection component uses node-tar which is vulnerable to CVE-2026-23745

Summary IBM Maximo Application Suite - Visual Inspection component uses node-tar which is vulnerable to CVE-2026-23745, This bulletin contains information regarding the vulnerability and its remediation. Vulnerability Details CVEID:CVE-2026-23745 DESCRIPTION: node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. The...

BIT-JENKINS-2026-33001

Jenkins 2.554 and earlier, LTS 2.541.2 and earlier does not safely handle symbolic links during the extraction of .tar and .tar.gz archives, allowing crafted archives to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem, restricted only by file system access permissions of the user running...

CVE-2026-32766

A flaw was found in astral-tokio-tar, a software component for handling tar archives. This flaw causes malformed PAX Portable Archive eXchange extensions within an archive to be silently ignored. An attacker could leverage this to create a specially crafted archive that, when processed by...

Security Bulletin: Symlink Traversal Vulnerability in pip Tar Extraction Fallback on Pre-PEP 706 Python Versions, watsonx.data

Summary A vulnerability in pip allows improper handling of symbolic links during tar extraction on older Python versions without PEP 706, potentially leading to path traversal outside the intended directory; updating pip and Python mitigates the risk. This can affect watsonx.data. Vulnerability...

Security Bulletin: Uninitialized Memory Exposure in node-tar list/t Sync Mode When Tar File Is Modified During Read affect IBM watsonx.data

Summary node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. In 7.5.1, using .t aka .list with sync: true to read tar entry contents returns uninitialized memory contents if tar file was changed on disk to a smaller size while being read. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.5.2. These can affect IBM watsonx.data...

AZL-80502 CVE-2026-33056 affecting package rust for versions less than 1.75.0-28

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 unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball...

ALPINE-CVE-2026-33056

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 unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball...

AZL-80511 CVE-2026-33056 affecting package rust for versions less than 1.90.0-7

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 unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball...

CVE-2026-33056

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 unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-33056

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 unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball...

AZL-80315 CVE-2026-33056 affecting package tardev-snapshotter 3.2.0.tardev1-9

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 unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball...

AZL-80499 CVE-2026-33056 affecting package rpm-ostree for versions less than 2024.4-10

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 unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-33056

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 unpackdir function uses fs::metadata to check whether a path that already exists is a directory. Because fs::metadata follows symbolic links, a crafted tarball...

CVE-2026-33055

tar-rs is a tar archive reading/writing library for Rust. Versions 0.4.44 and below have conditional logic that skips the PAX size header in cases where the base header size is nonzero. As part of CVE-2025-62518, the astral-tokio-tar project was changed to correctly honor PAX size headers in the...

AZL-80496 CVE-2026-33055 affecting package rpm-ostree for versions less than 2024.4-10

tar-rs is a tar archive reading/writing library for Rust. Versions 0.4.44 and below have conditional logic that skips the PAX size header in cases where the base header size is nonzero. As part of CVE-2025-62518, the astral-tokio-tar project was changed to correctly honor PAX size headers in the...

AZL-80505 CVE-2026-33055 affecting package rust for versions less than 1.75.0-28

tar-rs is a tar archive reading/writing library for Rust. Versions 0.4.44 and below have conditional logic that skips the PAX size header in cases where the base header size is nonzero. As part of CVE-2025-62518, the astral-tokio-tar project was changed to correctly honor PAX size headers in the...

AZL-80318 CVE-2026-33055 affecting package tardev-snapshotter 3.2.0.tardev1-9

tar-rs is a tar archive reading/writing library for Rust. Versions 0.4.44 and below have conditional logic that skips the PAX size header in cases where the base header size is nonzero. As part of CVE-2025-62518, the astral-tokio-tar project was changed to correctly honor PAX size headers in the...

AZL-80508 CVE-2026-33055 affecting package rust for versions less than 1.90.0-7

tar-rs is a tar archive reading/writing library for Rust. Versions 0.4.44 and below have conditional logic that skips the PAX size header in cases where the base header size is nonzero. As part of CVE-2025-62518, the astral-tokio-tar project was changed to correctly honor PAX size headers in the...