Erlang/OTP -- erl_tar denial of service via crafted GNU sparse member

2026-10-16 · CVE-2026-96596 · VuXML entry

https://github.com/erlang/otp/security/advisories/GHSA-phm5-m6cj-5382 reports: A loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') vulnerability in the erl_tar module allowed an attacker who supplied a tar archive to cause a denial of service via a crafted GNU sparse member with a trailing hole.

Affected versions

• erlang-runtime29 < 29.1.2

By system

0 still vulnerable, 1 fixed. Where VuXML applies (FreeBSD, DragonFly, FreeBSD's derivatives) a port is vulnerable while its version is in a range; pkgsrc says itself whether it lists a CVE of this advisory; OpenBSD and MidnightBSD keep no list this site reads, so their row is only an estimate: FreeBSD's ranges applied to upstream's version.