CVE-2026-32766
astral-tokio-tar insufficiently validates PAX extensions during extraction
Description
astral-tokio-tar is a tar archive reading/writing library for async Rust. In versions 0.5.6 and earlier, malformed PAX extensions were silently skipped when parsing tar archives. This silent skipping (rather than rejection) of invalid PAX extensions could be used as a building block for a parser differential, for example by silently skipping a malformed GNU “long link” extension so that a subsequent parser would misinterpret the extension. In practice, exploiting this behavior in astral-tokio-tar requires a secondary misbehaving tar parser, i.e. one that insufficiently validates malformed PAX extensions and interprets them rather than skipping or erroring on them. This vulnerability is considered low-severity as it requires a separate vulnerability against any unrelated tar parser. This issue has been fixed in version 0.6.0.
INFO
Published Date :
March 20, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Last Modified :
March 20, 2026, 12:16 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | LOW | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the astral-tokio-tar library to version 0.6.0.
- Ensure proper validation of PAX extensions in tar archives.
- Review tar parser behavior for similar issues.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2026-32766.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/astral-sh/tokio-tar/commit/e5e0139cae4577eeedf5fc16b65e690bf988ce52 | |
| https://github.com/astral-sh/tokio-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-6gx3-4362-rf54 |
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New CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 20, 2026
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description astral-tokio-tar is a tar archive reading/writing library for async Rust. In versions 0.5.6 and earlier, malformed PAX extensions were silently skipped when parsing tar archives. This silent skipping (rather than rejection) of invalid PAX extensions could be used as a building block for a parser differential, for example by silently skipping a malformed GNU “long link” extension so that a subsequent parser would misinterpret the extension. In practice, exploiting this behavior in astral-tokio-tar requires a secondary misbehaving tar parser, i.e. one that insufficiently validates malformed PAX extensions and interprets them rather than skipping or erroring on them. This vulnerability is considered low-severity as it requires a separate vulnerability against any unrelated tar parser. This issue has been fixed in version 0.6.0. Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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 CWE CWE-436 Added Reference https://github.com/astral-sh/tokio-tar/commit/e5e0139cae4577eeedf5fc16b65e690bf988ce52 Added Reference https://github.com/astral-sh/tokio-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-6gx3-4362-rf54