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.

Dates

Published: 2026-04-08 · Last Modified: 2026-04-13

References

• https://go.dev/cl/763766
• https://go.dev/issue/78301
• https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0uYbvbPZRWU
• https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4869