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.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-08T01:06:57.416Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-08T01:06:57.416Z

Source :

Go
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-32288 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Go Standard Library
  • Archive/tar
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2026-32288.

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https://go.dev/cl/763766 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://go.dev/issue/78301 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0uYbvbPZRWU cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-32288 cve-icon
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4869 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-32288 cve-icon
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