GHSA-rrh7-4pj2-xxq8HighCVSS 7.5
Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
Archive::Tar versions before 3.10 for Perl allow memory exhaustion via attacker controlled entry size field in tar header.
_read_tar() reads each entry's payload with $handle->read($$data, $block), where $block is derived from the entry's 12-byte size field in the tar header with no upper bound on that value.
A crafted header declaring a multi-gigabyte size causes Perl to allocate a scalar of that size.
🔗 References (5)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9538
- https://github.com/jib/archive-tar-new/commit/f9af01426038e29d9578825a0cd3626946ab08c7.patch
- https://metacpan.org/release/BINGOS/Archive-Tar-3.10/changes
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/26/4
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrh7-4pj2-xxq8