Phar TAR phar_tar_number() Integer Overflow - Archive Entry Injection
phar_tar_number() parses the octal size field of a TAR header into a uint32_t with no overflow check. The field is 11 octal digits wide and holds values up to 0x1FFFFFFFF, so a size above 0xFFFFFFFF silently wraps. The parser then skips the wrong number of data blocks and interprets attacker-controlled file content as the next TAR header, which lets a crafted archive inject entries that PharData reports and extracts as if they were genuine.
- Products
- php
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 8.2.34, 8.3.35, 8.4.26, 8.5.11
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-6103
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 10:37 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Phar TAR phar_tar_number() Integer Overflow - Archive Entry Injection
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 1 Oct 2026, 09:33 UTC
phar_tar_number() parses the octal size field of a TAR header into a uint32_t with no overflow check. The field is 11 octal digits wide and holds values up to 0x1FFFFFFFF, so a size above 0xFFFFFFFF silently wraps. The parser then skips the wrong number of data blocks and interprets attacker-controlled file content as the next TAR header, which lets a crafted archive inject entries that PharData reports and extracts as if they were genuine.
osv:BIT-php-2026-6103
php
Fixed versions: 8.2.34, 8.3.35, 8.4.26, 8.5.11
Complete source record
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"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/BIT-php-2026-6103",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "Phar TAR phar_tar_number() Integer Overflow - Archive Entry Injection",
"summary": "phar_tar_number() parses the octal size field of a TAR header into a uint32_t with no overflow check. The field is 11 octal digits wide and holds values up to 0x1FFFFFFFF, so a size above 0xFFFFFFFF silently wraps. The parser then skips the wrong number of data blocks and interprets attacker-controlled file content as the next TAR header, which lets a crafted archive inject entries that PharData reports and extracts as if they were genuine.",
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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6103"
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"provider_metadata": {
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:php:php:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2026-10-01T09:33:52.29+00:00"
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