tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format.
History

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library archive/tar
Weaknesses CWE-789
Vendors & Products Go Standard Library
Go Standard Library archive/tar

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-770
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Wed, 08 Apr 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-789

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format.
Title Unbounded allocation for old GNU sparse in archive/tar
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Go

Published: 2026-04-08T01:06:57.416Z

Updated: 2026-04-08T01:06:57.416Z

Reserved: 2026-03-11T16:38:46.557Z

Link: CVE-2026-32288

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-04-08T02:16:03.707

Modified: 2026-04-08T21:26:35.910

Link: CVE-2026-32288

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-04-08T01:06:57Z

Links: CVE-2026-32288 - Bugzilla