BIT-GOLANG-2026-32288 Unbounded allocation for old GNU sparse in archive/tar

tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format...

archive/tar: golang: Go's archive/tar package: Denial of Service via maliciously-crafted archive

A flaw was found in Go's archive/tar package. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a maliciously-crafted archive file. When the tar.Reader processes an archive containing a large number of sparse regions in the "old GNU sparse map" format, it can lead to unbounded memor...

EUVD-2026-20016

tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format...

CVE-2026-32288

tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format...

CVE-2026-32288 Unbounded allocation for old GNU sparse in archive/tar

tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format...

CVE-2026-32288 Unbounded allocation for old GNU sparse in archive/tar

tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format...

GO-2026-4869 Unbounded allocation for old GNU sparse in archive/tar

tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format...