{"schema_version":1,"title":"tar (crates.io) vulnerabilities","summary":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence has tracked 5 vulnerabilities in tar (crates.io): 0 in the last 7 days and 0 in the last 90 days, 0 of them critical and 0 exploited in the wild. The most recent, tar has a PAX header desynchronization issue, was published on 29 May 2026.","url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-tar","json_url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-tar.json","publisher":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence","license":"CC-BY-4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/crates-io-tar","sources":"NVD, GitHub Security Advisories, OSV, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, FIRST EPSS and vendor advisories","kind":"technology","counts":{"high":1,"all_time":5,"critical":0,"exploited":0,"last_7_days":0,"last_30_days":0,"last_90_days":0,"last_365_days":3},"latest":[{"slug":"tar-has-a-pax-header-desynchronization-issue-7ad92cc0","title":"tar has a PAX header desynchronization issue","severity":"info","exploited":false,"published_at":"2026-05-29T19:16:12+00:00","url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/tar-has-a-pax-header-desynchronization-issue-7ad92cc0"},{"cve":"CVE-2026-33055","cvss":8.1,"epss":0.0048,"slug":"cve-2026-33055-rust-tar-rs-archive-parsing-discrepancy-via-pax-size-header","title":"Rust tar-rs archive parsing discrepancy via PAX size header ignore","severity":"high","exploited":false,"published_at":"2026-03-20T17:25:05+00:00","url":"https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-33055-rust-tar-rs-archive-parsing-discrepancy-via-pax-size-header"},{"cve":"CVE-2026-33056","cvss":4,"epss":0.0042,"slug":"cve-2026-33056-tar-rs-unpack-in-can-chmod-arbitrary-directories-by-following","title":"RUSTSEC-2026-0067 - 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