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medium 5.5

CVE-2025-60753 json

An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/subst.c when processing crafte…

published 2025-11-05 12 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 4 d ago also EUVD-2025-37900 , JLSEC-2026-153

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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).

Patch / fix

  • julia LibArchive_jll 3.8.2+0
  • libarchive Debian 14 3.8.4-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-60753

  • libarchive Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 3.6.0-1ubuntu1.6
  • libarchive Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 3.7.2-2ubuntu0.6
  • libarchive Ubuntu 25.10 3.7.7-0ubuntu3.1
  • libarchive Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 3.1.2-7ubuntu2.8+esm4
  • libarchive Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 3.1.2-11ubuntu0.16.04.8+esm2
  • libarchive Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 3.2.2-3.1ubuntu0.7+esm2
  • libarchive Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 3.4.0-2ubuntu1.5+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-60753

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • libarchive hummingbird 1 3.8.7-1.hum1

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:8944

  • libarchive SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES for SAP 15 SP4, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +8 more 3.5.1-150400.3.24.1
  • libarchive SLES for SAP 15 SP6, SLES 15 SP6-LTSS, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 +1 more 3.7.2-150600.3.20.1
  • libarchive Linux Micro 6.1 3.7.4-slfo.1.1_4.1
  • libarchive Linux Micro 6.0 3.6.2-6.1
  • libarchive SLES LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5-LTSS 3.3.3-32.17.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:2747-1SUSE-SU-2026:2599-1SUSE-SU-2026:2490-1SUSE-SU-2026:22248-1SUSE-SU-2026:22241-1

  • libarchive Azure Linux 3.0 3.7.7-4
  • libarchive CBL-Mariner 2.0 3.6.1-8

azure linux advisories AZL-69866AZL-69893

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-60753 updated cvss 5.5

libarchive: bsdtar hangs and OOMs with zero-length pattern matches

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 libarchive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 bsdtar, bsdcpio, libarchive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 bsdtar, libarchive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 bsdtar, libarchive Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 libarchive Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
    affected: workaround, no fix available “No mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat Product Security’s standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability.”
  • Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-core-bff-rhel9, rhoai/odh-dashboard-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-maas-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-automl-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-gen-ai-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mod-arch-mlflow-rhel9, +6 more
    under investigation
  • Red Hat Hardened Images libarchive 3.8.7-1.hum1
    fixed: vendor fix “No mitigation is currently available that meets Red Hat Product Security’s standards for usability, deployment, applicability, or stability.” RHSA-2026:8944
  • Red Hat Hardened Images bsdcat 3.8.7-1.hum1, bsdtar 3.8.7-1.hum1, bsdcpio 3.8.7-1.hum1, bsdunzip 3.8.7-1.hum1 Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI) rhoai/odh-mlflow-rhel9, rhoai/odh-kube-rbac-proxy-rhel9, rhoai/odh-maas-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-mlflow-operator-rhel9, rhoai/odh-model-controller-rhel9, rhoai/odh-ogx-k8s-operator-rhel9, +14 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
12 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/Papya-j/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-60753 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CNA 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
OSV 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia LibArchive_jll
<3.8.2+0
3.8.2+0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

Sources

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