CVE-2025-60753MediumCVSS 5.5

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).

Published
May 31, 2026
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2025-60753 →

🎯 Affected products4

  • azl3 libarchive 3.7.7-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • azl3 libarchive 3.7.7-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
  • cbl2 libarchive 3.6.1-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
  • cbl2 libarchive 3.6.1-8 on CBL Mariner 2.0

✅ Remediation

KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 3.7.7-4 KBCBL-Mariner Releases (Security Update) — fixed build 3.6.1-8

🔗 References (2)