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Gnu Tar

9 CVEs tracked. None of them is in CISA KEV.

This hub aggregates every CVE we track for Gnu Tar, a product in the operating systems space. Use it to gauge the current risk picture and drill into individual advisories.

Gnu Tar CVEs per month

Oct 2024 to Sep 2026. Point at a month, or focus the strip and use the arrow keys.
Gnu Tar CVEs per month
MonthCVEs
2024-100
2024-110
2024-120
2025-010
2025-020
2025-030
2025-040
2025-050
2025-060
2025-071
2025-080
2025-090
2025-100
2025-110
2025-120
2026-010
2026-020
2026-030
2026-040
2026-053
2026-060
2026-070
2026-080
2026-090

Severity

How the 9 CVEs score on CVSS. Severity is not exploitation: KEV is counted above.

  • High222%
  • Medium333%
  • Low444%

Latest CVEs

The 9 most recently published vulnerabilities affecting Gnu Tar.

  1. BDU:2026-06230Уязвимость функции short_read() компонента buffer.c архиватора GNU Tar, связанная с чтением за допустимыми границами буфера данных, позволяющая нарушителю вызвать отказ в обслуживании3.7
  2. BDU:2026-06212Уязвимость функции extract_file() архиватора GNU Tar, позволяющая нарушителю вызвать отказ в обслуживании3.1
  3. BDU:2026-06229Уязвимость функции _obstack_begin_worker() компонента obstack.cархиватора GNU Tar, позволяющая нарушителю вызвать отказ в обслуживании3.7
  4. CVE-2025-45582GNU Tar through 1.35 allows file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR archives, with a certain two-step process. First, the victim must extract an archive that contains a ../ symlink to...4.1
  5. CVE-2022-48303GNU Tar through 1.34 has a one-byte out-of-bounds read that results in use of uninitialized memory for a conditional jump. Exploitation to change the flow of control has not been demonstrated. The ...5.5
  6. CVE-2021-20193A flaw was found in the src/list.c of tar 1.33 and earlier. This flaw allows an attacker who can submit a crafted input file to tar to cause uncontrolled consumption of memory. The highest threat f...3.3
  7. CVE-2019-9923pax_decode_header in sparse.c in GNU Tar before 1.32 had a NULL pointer dereference when parsing certain archives that have malformed extended headers.7.5
  8. CVE-2018-20482GNU Tar through 1.30, when --sparse is used, mishandles file shrinkage during read access, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite read loop in sparse_dump_region in sparse....4.7
  9. CVE-2016-6321Directory traversal vulnerability in the safer_name_suffix function in GNU tar 1.14 through 1.29 might allow remote attackers to bypass an intended protection mechanism and write to arbitrary files...7.5

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