# CVE-2025-60753: An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply\_substitution in file tar/subst.c when processing crafted

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-11-05 · Updated: 2025-11-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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).

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725
- https://github.com/Papya-j/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-60753

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