CVE-2025-60753

PoC ×2—

CVSS 3.1

5.5 medium

EPSS

<1%p6

Published

Nov 5, 2025 (Nov 5, 2025)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/subst.c when processing crafted -s substitution rules. This can cause unbounded memory allocation and lead to denial of service (Out-of-Memory crash).

Vendors: libarchive
Products: libarchive
Weakness: CWE-400, CWE-835
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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