Description
tar-rs is a tar archive reading/writing library for Rust. Versions 0.4.44 and below have conditional logic that skips the PAX size header in cases where the base header size is nonzero. As part of CVE-2025-62518, the astral-tokio-tar project was changed to correctly honor PAX size headers in the case where it was different from the base header. This is almost the inverse of the astral-tokio-tar issue. Any discrepancy in how tar parsers honor file size can be used to create archives that appear differently when unpacked by different archivers. In this case, the tar-rs (Rust tar) crate is an outlier in checking for the header size - other tar parsers (including e.g. Go archive/tar) unconditionally use the PAX size override. This can affect anything that uses the tar crate to parse archives and expects to have a consistent view with other parsers. This issue has been fixed in version 0.4.45.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| alexcrichton | tar-rs | < 0.4.45 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | rust-tar | 0.4.45-1 | — |
| Debian 14 | rustc | 1.92.0+dfsg1-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | rust-tar | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | rustc | 1.85.1+dfsg1-1+deb13u1 | — |
| Debian 12 | rustc +1 | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | rust-tar | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | rust-tar | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | rust-tar | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | rust-tar | No fix yet | — |
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS | rust-tar | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | rust-tar | No fix yet | — |
Amazon Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 2023 | below | 0.11.0-1.amzn2023.0.3 | ALAS2023-2026-1567 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | cargo-c | 0.10.19-1.amzn2023.0.2 | ALAS2023-2026-1566 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | clamd1.5 +8 | 1.5.1-1.amzn2023.0.5 | ALAS2023-2026-1565 |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | rust +14 | 1.94.0-1.amzn2023.0.2 | ALAS2023-2026-1568 |
| Amazon Linux 2 | rust +11 | 1.94.0-1.amzn2.0.2 | ALAS2-2026-3246 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | clamav | 1.5.2-2 | — |
| Azure Linux 3 | rpm-ostree | 2024.4-10 | — |
| Azure Linux 3 | rust | 1.75.0-28 | — |
| Azure Linux 3 | tardev-snapshotter | No fix yet | — |
| Azure Linux 3 | trident | 0.22.0-1 | — |
Wolfi
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolfi rolling | buck2 | 20260315-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | cargo-c | 0.10.21-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | deno | 2.7.8-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | pixi | 0.66.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | qdrant | 1.17.0-r7 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | rustup | 1.29.0-r1 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | rye | 0.44.0-r7 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | sccache | 0.14.0-r3 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | wasm-pack | 0.14.0-r4 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | wasmcloud | 2.0.4-r0 | — |
| Wolfi rolling | zizmor | 1.23.1-r4 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | tar | < 0.4.45 | 0.4.45 | GHSA-gchp-q4r4-x4ff |
| crates.io | tar | >= 0.0.0-0, < 0.4.45 | 0.4.45 | RUSTSEC-2026-0068 |
Advisories 5
- ALAS2-2026-3246 Moderate: rust security update (Amazon Linux 2) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Apr 13, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1565 Moderate: clamav1.5 security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Apr 13, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1566 Moderate: rust-cargo-c security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Apr 13, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1567 Moderate: rust-below security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Apr 13, 2026
- ALAS2023-2026-1568 Moderate: rust security update (Amazon Linux 2023) Amazon Linux Security Center (ALAS) · Apr 13, 2026