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.
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GHSA-35rm-7j9c-2f7m | async-tar PAX extension-header desync enables tar entry/content smuggling |
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Wed, 02 Sep 2026 11:00:00 +0000
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| Description | 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. | |
| Title | async-tar PAX extension-header desync enables tar entry/content smuggling | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-20 CWE-843 |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-09-02T18:57:48.269Z
Reserved: 2026-06-09T19:39:52.404Z
Link: CVE-2026-53600
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-02T16:17:17.983
Modified: 2026-09-02T19:17:21.223
Link: CVE-2026-53600
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