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).
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"imported": "2026-04-20T16:47:56.026Z",
"url": "https://services.nvd.nist.gov/rest/json/cves/2.0?cveId=CVE-2025-60753",
"id": "CVE-2025-60753",
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"status": "Analyzed"
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"modified": "2026-02-04T21:19:45.610Z",
"published": "2025-11-05T16:15:40.430Z",
"html_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60753"
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