CVE-2026-109380

modern-tar 0.3.5 through 0.8.5 Memory Exhaustion via Malformed Octal Size Field

Published Oct 12, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
modern-tar 0.3.5 through 0.8.5 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability that allows attackers to produce negative entry sizes via non-octal bytes parsed by readOctal(). Attackers can supply a crafted, optionally gzip-compressed, archive to unpackTar() that buffers chunks indefinitely, exhausting process memory and suppressing later entries.

Remediation

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History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Ayuhito
Ayuhito modern-tar
Vendors & Products Ayuhito
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Description modern-tar 0.3.5 through 0.8.5 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability that allows attackers to produce negative entry sizes via non-octal bytes parsed by readOctal(). Attackers can supply a crafted, optionally gzip-compressed, archive to unpackTar() that buffers chunks indefinitely, exhausting process memory and suppressing later entries.
Title modern-tar 0.3.5 through 0.8.5 Memory Exhaustion via Malformed Octal Size Field
Weaknesses CWE-1284
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
VulnCheck
Published
Updated
Oct 13, 2026, 3:40 PM
Reserved
Oct 12, 2026, 2:23 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 12, 2026, 9:17 PM
Modified
Oct 16, 2026, 7:18 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Oct 12, 2026, 8:55 PM