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TI-2026-38657 Aliases CVE-2026-53600GHSA-35rm-7j9c-2f7m

async-tar PAX extension-header desync enables tar entry/content smuggling

Priority HIGH 67CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
Present
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · Low · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.

Summary

async-tar is a tar archive reading/writing library for async Rust. Prior to version 0.6.1, async-tar mis-applies a buffered PAX size extension to an intermediary extension header (a GNU longname L, a GNU longlink K, or a PAX x/g header) instead of to the next file entry. POSIX requires a PAX extended-header record set to describe the next file entry, never an intervening extension header. Because poll_next_raw (src/archive.rs) threads the buffered PAX records into the size computation of whatever raw header it reads next — and that header can be an intermediary L — the stream cursor is advanced by an attacker-chosen amount when the L body is consumed. The parser then desyncs relative to a POSIX-correct tar parser (e.g. GNU tar), reading subsequent bytes at the wrong block boundary. This issue has been patched in version 0.6.1.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00445 38th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed async-tar (dignifiedquire): 0.6.1async-tar (crates.io): 0.6.1

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
dignifiedquireasync-tarbefore 0.6.10.6.1Patch availableCNA
—async-tar (crates.io)before 0.6.10.6.1Patch availableGHSA-35rm-7j9c-2f7m
  • async-tar Vendordignifiedquire Affected before 0.6.1 Fixed in 0.6.1 Patch available CNA
  • async-tar (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.6.1 Fixed in 0.6.1 Patch available GHSA-35rm-7j9c-2f7m

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA async-tar (dignifiedquire) Fixed in 0.6.1
  • Fix · GHSA-35rm-7j9c-2f7m async-tar (crates.io) Fixed in 0.6.1 Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Trusted Profile Analyzer

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-53600
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-35rm-7j9c-2f7m

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