MEDIUM 5.5 Microsoft
CVE-2025-60753
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).
Microsoft Security Update 2025-Nov: 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).
Affected Products
- azl3 libarchive 3.7.7-3 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 libarchive 3.6.1-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- azl3 libarchive 3.7.7-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 libarchive 3.6.1-8 on CBL Mariner 2.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60753
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60753
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 was published on 2025-11-11 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 libarchive 3.7.7-3 on Azure Linux 3.0, cbl2 libarchive 3.6.1-7 on CBL Mariner 2.0, azl3 libarchive 3.7.7-4 on Azure Linux 3.0 and 1 more.
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