GHSA-w476-p2h3-79g9

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w476-p2h3-79g9
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2025/10/GHSA-w476-p2h3-79g9/GHSA-w476-p2h3-79g9.json
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Published
2025-10-21T18:53:27Z
Modified
2025-10-21T19:01:04.526630Z
Summary
uv has differential in tar extraction with PAX headers
Details

Impact

In versions 0.9.4 and earlier of uv, tar archives containing PAX headers with file size overrides were not handled properly. As a result, an attacker could contrive a source distribution (as a tar archive) that would extract differently when installed via uv versus other Python package installers.

The underlying parsing differential here originates with astral-tokio-tar, which disclosed this vulnerability as CVE-2025-62518.

In practice, the impact of this vulnerability is low: only source distributions can be formatted as tar archives, and source distributions execute arbitrary code at build/installation time by definition. Consequently, a parser differential in tar extraction is strictly less powerful than the capabilities already exposed to an attacker who has the ability to control source distributions.

However, this particular source of malleability in source distributions is unintentional and not operating by design, and therefore we consider it a vulnerability despite its overlap in capabilities with intended behavior.

Patches

Versions 0.9.5 and newer of uv address the vulnerability above. Users should upgrade to 0.9.5 or newer.

Workarounds

Users are advised to upgrade to version 0.9.5 or newer to address this advisory.

Users should experience no breaking changes as a result of the patch above.

References

  • See CVE-2025-62518 for the corresponding advisory against astral-tokio-tar
Database specific 
{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-843"
    ],
    "github_reviewed_at": "2025-10-21T18:53:27Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "LOW"
}
References

Affected packages

PyPI / uv

Package

Name
uv
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Purl
pkg:pypi/uv

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.5

Affected versions

0.*

0.0.5
0.1.0
0.1.1
0.1.2
0.1.3
0.1.4
0.1.5
0.1.6
0.1.7
0.1.8
0.1.9
0.1.10
0.1.11
0.1.12
0.1.13
0.1.14
0.1.15
0.1.16
0.1.17
0.1.18
0.1.19
0.1.20
0.1.21
0.1.22
0.1.23
0.1.24
0.1.25
0.1.26
0.1.27
0.1.28
0.1.29
0.1.30
0.1.31
0.1.32
0.1.33
0.1.34
0.1.35
0.1.36
0.1.37
0.1.38
0.1.39
0.1.40
0.1.41
0.1.42
0.1.43
0.1.44
0.1.45
0.2.0
0.2.1
0.2.2
0.2.3
0.2.4
0.2.5
0.2.6
0.2.7
0.2.8
0.2.9
0.2.10
0.2.11
0.2.12
0.2.13
0.2.14
0.2.15
0.2.16
0.2.17
0.2.18
0.2.19
0.2.20
0.2.21
0.2.22
0.2.23
0.2.24
0.2.25
0.2.26
0.2.27
0.2.28
0.2.29
0.2.30
0.2.31
0.2.32
0.2.33
0.2.34
0.2.35
0.2.36
0.2.37
0.3.0
0.3.1
0.3.2
0.3.3
0.3.4
0.3.5
0.4.0
0.4.1
0.4.2
0.4.3
0.4.4
0.4.5
0.4.6
0.4.7
0.4.8
0.4.9
0.4.10
0.4.11
0.4.12
0.4.13
0.4.14
0.4.15
0.4.16
0.4.17
0.4.18
0.4.19
0.4.20
0.4.21
0.4.22
0.4.23
0.4.24
0.4.25
0.4.26
0.4.27
0.4.28
0.4.29
0.4.30
0.5.0
0.5.1
0.5.2
0.5.3
0.5.4
0.5.5
0.5.6
0.5.7
0.5.8
0.5.9
0.5.10
0.5.11
0.5.12
0.5.13
0.5.14
0.5.15
0.5.16
0.5.17
0.5.18
0.5.19
0.5.20
0.5.21
0.5.22
0.5.23
0.5.24
0.5.25
0.5.26
0.5.27
0.5.28
0.5.29
0.5.30
0.5.31
0.6.0
0.6.1
0.6.2
0.6.3
0.6.4
0.6.5
0.6.6
0.6.7
0.6.8
0.6.9
0.6.10
0.6.11
0.6.12
0.6.13
0.6.14
0.6.15
0.6.16
0.6.17
0.7.0
0.7.1
0.7.2
0.7.3
0.7.4
0.7.5
0.7.6
0.7.7
0.7.8
0.7.9
0.7.10
0.7.11
0.7.12
0.7.13
0.7.14
0.7.15
0.7.16
0.7.17
0.7.18
0.7.19
0.7.20
0.7.21
0.7.22
0.8.0
0.8.1
0.8.2
0.8.3
0.8.4
0.8.5
0.8.6
0.8.7
0.8.8
0.8.9
0.8.10
0.8.11
0.8.12
0.8.13
0.8.14
0.8.15
0.8.16
0.8.17
0.8.18
0.8.19
0.8.20
0.8.21
0.8.22
0.8.23
0.8.24
0.9.0
0.9.1
0.9.2
0.9.3
0.9.4

Database specific

last_known_affected_version_range

"<= 0.9.4"