VYPR
Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Apr 8, 2026· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-2026-32288

CVE-2026-32288

Description

tar.Reader can allocate an unbounded amount of memory when reading a maliciously-crafted archive containing a large number of sparse regions encoded in the "old GNU sparse map" format.

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Affected products

3898

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

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