CVE-2026-109380
modern-tar 0.3.5 through 0.8.5 Memory Exhaustion via Malformed Octal Size Field
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 12, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Last Modified :
Oct. 12, 2026, 9:17 p.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-109380
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | MITRE-CVE | ||||
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | 83251b91-4cc7-4094-a5c7-464a1b83ea10 | ||||
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update modern-tar to version 0.8.6 or later.
- Verify archive parsing and memory usage.
- Sanitize input to prevent crafted archives.
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Oct. 12, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added 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. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Added CWE CWE-1284 Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/109xxx/CVE-2026-109380.json">CVE-2026-109380</a> Added Reference https://github.com/ayuhito/modern-tar Added Reference https://github.com/ayuhito/modern-tar/blob/v0.8.5/src/tar/encoding.ts Added Reference https://github.com/ayuhito/modern-tar/commit/181c8cb75351867535057817ada4802a90fe416e Added Reference https://github.com/ayuhito/modern-tar/pull/195 Added Reference https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/modern-tar-0.3.5-through-0.8.5-memory-exhaustion-via-malformed-octal-size-field