golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map

A flaw was found in the archive/tar package in the Go standard library. tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A specially crafted tar archive with a pax header indicating a big number of sparse regions can cause a Go...

SUSE-SU-2026:22005-1 Security update for python-uv

This update for python-uv fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-31812: quinn-proto: denial of service via crafted QUIC initial packet bsc1259624. - CVE-2026-32766: astral-tokio-tar: malformed PAX extensions can lead to archive misinterpretation bsc1259966...

OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20865-1 Security update for python-uv

This update for python-uv fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-31812: quinn-proto: denial of service via crafted QUIC initial packet bsc1259624. - CVE-2026-32766: astral-tokio-tar: malformed PAX extensions can lead to archive misinterpretation bsc1259966...

astral-tokio-tar has a PAX Header Desynchronization issue

Impact Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.2 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle...

GHSA-3CV2-H65G-FGMM astral-tokio-tar has a PAX Header Desynchronization issue

Impact Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.2 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle...

golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map

A flaw was found in the archive/tar package in the Go standard library. tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A specially crafted tar archive with a pax header indicating a big number of sparse regions can cause a Go...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Python 2.7, Pypy

In Lib/tarfile.py in Python 3.8.3, an attacker can create a TAR archive that causes an infinite loop when opened using tarfile.open, due to the lack of header validation in procpax...

RUSTSEC-2026-0145 PAX Header Desynchronization in astral-tokio-tar

Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.2 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle unexpected...

CLSA-2026-1778979189 Fix CVE(s): CVE-2024-6232, CVE-2024-7592, CVE-2024-9287

SECURITY UPDATE: ReDoS in tarfile PAX header parsing - debian/patches/CVE-2024-6232.patch: rewrite Lib/tarfile.py PAX-record parser to scan length-prefixed records via a bounded regex headerlengthprefixre plus direct slicing, eliminating quadratic backtracking in three pre-existing regexes. Adapt...

CLSA-2026-1778820779 tar: Fix of CVE-2023-39804

CVE-2023-39804: fix crash on PAX archive with malformed extended header attributes in locatehandler and xattrdecoder...

CLSA-2026-1778828497 tar: Fix of CVE-2023-39804

CVE-2023-39804: fix crash on PAX archive with malformed extended header attributes in locatehandler and xattrdecoder...

Unity Linux 20.1050e / 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: golang (UTSA-2026-016814)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016814 advisory. tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A maliciously-crafted archive containing a large...

Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: osbuild-composer (UTSA-2026-016489)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016489 advisory. tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A maliciously-crafted archive containing a large...

GHSA-FP55-JW48-C537 astral-tokio-tar is Vulnerable to PAX Header Desynchronization

Impact Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.1 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle...

astral-tokio-tar is Vulnerable to PAX Header Desynchronization

Impact Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.1 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle...

tar: Fix of CVE-2019-9923

CVE-2019-9923: fix NULL pointer dereference in paxdecodeheader on malformed PAX extended headers...

CLSA-2026-1777564129 tar: Fix of CVE-2019-9923

CVE-2019-9923: fix NULL pointer dereference in paxdecodeheader on malformed PAX extended headers...

CLSA-2026-1777563191 tar: Fix of CVE-2019-9923

CVE-2019-9923: fix NULL pointer dereference in paxdecodeheader on malformed PAX extended headers...

RUSTSEC-2026-0112 PAX Header Desynchronization in astral-tokio-tar

Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.1 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle unexpected...

golang: archive/tar: Unbounded allocation when parsing GNU sparse map

A flaw was found in the archive/tar package in the Go standard library. tar.Reader does not set a maximum size on the number of sparse region data blocks in GNU tar pax 1.0 sparse files. A specially crafted tar archive with a pax header indicating a big number of sparse regions can cause a Go...