CVE-2025-60753 Affecting libarchive-tools package, versions <3.8.2-r0


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-MINIMOSLATEST-LIBARCHIVETOOLS-15231541
  • published6 Feb 2026
  • disclosed5 Nov 2025

Introduced: 5 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-60753  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Minimos:latest libarchive-tools to version 3.8.2-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive-tools package and not the libarchive-tools package as distributed by Minimos. See How to fix? for Minimos:latest 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