CVE-2025-60753

Medium

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).

SeverityMedium

CVSS5.5

Exploit probability—

ProductLibarchive

PublishedNov 5, 2025

First seenNov 5, 2025

Weakness typeCWE-835CWE-835 CWE-400Uncontrolled resource consumption

How to fix

Patches

github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
libarchive libarchive	v ≤ 3.8.1	—

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