CVE-2025-60753 Affecting libarchive package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBARCHIVE-13842080
  • published6 Nov 2025
  • disclosed5 Nov 2025

Introduced: 5 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-60753  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 libarchive.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

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).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1