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PAX Header Desynchronization in astral-tokio-tar

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.1 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle unexpected files onto a victim's filesystem.

Products
astral-tokio-tar
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
0.6.1
CVEs
Not specified
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
30 Oct 2026, 08:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

PAX Header Desynchronization in astral-tokio-tar

core-osv · Original source

Published 27 Apr 2026, 12:00 UTC

Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.1 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle unexpected files onto a victim's filesystem.

osv:RUSTSEC-2026-0112

astral-tokio-tar

Fixed versions: 0.6.1

Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/RUSTSEC-2026-0112",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "PAX Header Desynchronization in astral-tokio-tar",
    "summary": "Versions of astral-tokio-tar prior to 0.6.1 contain a PAX header interpretation bug that allows manipulated entries to be made selectively visible or invisible during extraction with astral-tokio-tar versus other tar implementations. An attacker could use this differential to smuggle unexpected files onto a victim's filesystem.",
    "evidence": "osv:RUSTSEC-2026-0112",
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      "modified": "2026-10-12T18:00:08.226377588Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 306382,
  "published_at": "2026-04-27T12:00:00+00:00"
}