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Medium 5.5Published Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2026-32288tar.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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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.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-770
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
golang go golang:go | before 1.25.9; from 1.26.0 before 1.26.2 | NVD |
References
- https://go.dev/cl/763766patch
- https://go.dev/issue/78301issue-tracking
- https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/0uYbvbPZRWUmailing-list, release-notes
- https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2026-4869vendor-advisory
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