CVE-2026-6103

Public on 2026-09-25
Modified on 2026-09-25
Description
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.0
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core php Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Php8.2 Extra php Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Lamp-mariadb10.2-php7.2 Extra php No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Php7.1 Extra php No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Php7.2 Extra php No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Php7.3 Extra php No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Php7.4 Extra php No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Php8.0 Extra php No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2 - Php8.1 Extra php No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.1 No Fix Planned
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.2 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.2-pecl-apcu Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.2-pecl-igbinary Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.2-pecl-memcached Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.2-pecl-msgpack Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.2-pecl-redis6 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.3 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.4 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.4-pecl-apcu Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.4-pecl-igbinary Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.4-pecl-memcached Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.4-pecl-msgpack Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.4-pecl-redis6 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 php8.5 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview php8.5 Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N