CVE-2025-60753 Affecting bsdtar package, versions <3.5.1-150400.3.24.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES155-BSDTAR-17436398
  • published24 Jun 2026
  • disclosed23 Jun 2026

Introduced: 23 Jun 2026

CVE-2025-60753  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.5 bsdtar to version 3.5.1-150400.3.24.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bsdtar package and not the bsdtar package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.5 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