# CVE-2025-60753

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2025-60753
- **Severity:** MEDIUM
- **CVSS Score:** 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Nov 5, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Sep 14, 2026

## Description

An issue was discovered in libarchive bsdtar before version 3.8.1 in function apply_substitution in file tar/subst.c when processing crafted -s substitution rules. This can cause unbounded memory allocation and lead to denial of service (Out-of-Memory crash).

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](https://github.com/libarchive/libarchive/issues/2725)
- [CNA](https://github.com/Papya-j/CVE/tree/main/CVE-2025-60753)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 0.16%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 5.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._