Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') Affecting libarchive package, versions <0:3.8.7-1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-LIBARCHIVE-16065544
  • published19 Apr 2026
  • disclosed5 Nov 2025

Introduced: 5 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-60753  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-835  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 libarchive to version 0:3.8.7-1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:8944.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libarchive package and not the libarchive package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 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