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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 sourcePublished 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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