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...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.20.24 packages and security update

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.20.24 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs and add enhancements. This release includes a security update for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.20. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: OpenShift Container Platform 4.18.43 security and extras update

Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform release 4.18.43 is now available with updates to packages and images that fix several bugs. This release includes a security update for Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4.18. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of...

SUSE-SU-2026:2236-1 Security update for vim

This update for vim fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim bsc1264706. - CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile via crafted filename bsc1265349. -...

SUSE-SU-2026:2233-1 Security update for vim

This update for vim fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-42307: Prior to version 9.2.0383, an OS command injection vulnerability exists in the netrw standard plugin bundled with Vim bsc1264706. - CVE-2026-43961: Vimscript Code Injection in netrw NetrwMarkFile via crafted filename bsc1265349. -...

CVE-2026-42496

A flaw was found in perl-Archive-Tar. Versions before 3.08 for Perl are vulnerable to a path traversal issue. An attacker can craft a malicious tar archive containing symlinks with targets outside the intended extraction directory. This vulnerability allows the attacker to read or write to...

ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-5704 CVE-2026-5704 in rootio-tar - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2026-5704 in the rootio-tar package for Root:Ubuntu:22.04. Multiple fixed versions available...

SUSE-SU-2026:22018-1 Security update for python-pip

This update for python-pip fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-3219: concatenated tar and ZIP files are handled as ZIP files, resulting in possibly obfuscated malicious code bsc1262429. - CVE-2026-6357: pip self-update functionality can import newly installed modules after wheel installation,...

USN-8367-1: tar-fs vulnerabilities

It was discovered that tar-fs did not properly limit paths when extracting crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write or overwrite files outside the intended extraction directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. CVE-2024-12905 It was...

USN-8367-1 node-tar-fs vulnerabilities

It was discovered that tar-fs did not properly limit paths when extracting crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write or overwrite files outside the intended extraction directory. This issue only affected Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. CVE-2024-12905 It was...

CLSA-2026-1780388996 Fix CVE(s): CVE-2026-46483

SECURITY UPDATE: OS command injection in tarVimuntar in runtime/autoload/tar.vim via crafted .tgz filename use shellescapetartail, 1 for :! commands - debian/patches/CVE-2026-46483.patch: OS command injection in tarVimuntar in runtime/autoload/tar.vim via crafted .tgz filename use...

MGASA-2026-0168 Updated tar packages fix security vulnerability

A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files...

Updated tar packages fix security vulnerability

A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files...

SUSE SLES16 Security Update : vim (SUSE-SU-2026:21859-1)

The remote SUSE Linux SLES16 / SLESSAP16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2026:21859-1 advisory. This update for vim fixes the following issues - CVE-2026-39881: command injection in NetBeans interface can lead to arbitrary fil...

PT-2026-48838

A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files...

Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Stack-based Buffer Overflow in the rawtoheader function. An attacker can corrupt adjacent stack memory and potentially execute arbitrary code or cause a crash by supplying a crafted TAR archive with non-null-terminated name or linkname...

CVE-2026-43623

microtar through 0.1.0 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the rawtoheader function in src/microtar.c that allows attackers to corrupt adjacent stack memory by supplying a crafted TAR archive with non-null-terminated name or linkname fields. The function uses strcpy to copy...

CVE-2026-43623 microtar 0.1.0 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via raw_to_header()

microtar through 0.1.0 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the rawtoheader function in src/microtar.c that allows attackers to corrupt adjacent stack memory by supplying a crafted TAR archive with non-null-terminated name or linkname fields. The function uses strcpy to copy...

CVE-2026-43623 microtar 0.1.0 Stack-Based Buffer Overflow via raw_to_header()

microtar through 0.1.0 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the rawtoheader function in src/microtar.c that allows attackers to corrupt adjacent stack memory by supplying a crafted TAR archive with non-null-terminated name or linkname fields. The function uses strcpy to copy...

CVE-2026-43623

microtar through 0.1.0 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the rawtoheader function in src/microtar.c that allows attackers to corrupt adjacent stack memory by supplying a crafted TAR archive with non-null-terminated name or linkname fields. The function uses strcpy to copy...