diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index fd605f620d9..16842941f58 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/tchap/go-patricia/v2 v2.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399 // indirect
 	github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 // indirect
-	github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.6 // indirect
+	github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.7 // indirect
 	github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.8.3 // indirect
 	github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.1-0.20240922070040-084abd93d350 // indirect
 	github.com/vishvananda/netns v0.0.4 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index a605c8a7a08..20f1347a268 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -353,8 +353,8 @@ github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399 h1:e/5i7d4oYZ+C
 github.com/titanous/rocacheck v0.0.0-20171023193734-afe73141d399/go.mod h1:LdwHTNJT99C5fTAzDz0ud328OgXz+gierycbcIx2fRs=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12 h1:37Nm15o69RwBkXM0J6A5OlE67RZTfzUxTj8fB3dfcsc=
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz v0.5.12/go.mod h1:nbz6k7qbPmH4IRqmfOplQw/tblSgqTqBwxkY0oWt/14=
-github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.6 h1:4SjTW5+PU11n6fZenf2IPoV8/tz3AaYHMWjf23envGs=
-github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.6/go.mod h1:dqKNtesIOr2j2Qv3W/cHjnvk9I8+G7oAkFDFN6TCBEI=
+github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.7 h1:ixZ93pO/GmvaZw4Vq9OwmfZK/kc2zKdPfu0B+gYqs3U=
+github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.7/go.mod h1:eF6B6i6ftWQcDqEn3/iGFRFRo8cBIMSJVOpnNdfTMFA=
 github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.8.3 h1:dTOByGoqwaTJYPubhVz3lO5O6MK553XVgUo33LdnNsQ=
 github.com/vbauerster/mpb/v8 v8.8.3/go.mod h1:JfCCrtcMsJwP6ZwMn9e5LMnNyp3TVNpUWWkN+nd4EWk=
 github.com/vishvananda/netlink v1.3.1-0.20240922070040-084abd93d350 h1:w5OI+kArIBVksl8UGn6ARQshtPCQvDsbuA9NQie3GIg=
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar/format.go b/vendor/github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar/format.go
index 1f89d0c59a1..60977980c5a 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar/format.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar/format.go
@@ -143,6 +143,10 @@ const (
 	blockSize  = 512 // Size of each block in a tar stream
 	nameSize   = 100 // Max length of the name field in USTAR format
 	prefixSize = 155 // Max length of the prefix field in USTAR format
+
+	// Max length of a special file (PAX header, GNU long name or link).
+	// This matches the limit used by libarchive.
+	maxSpecialFileSize = 1 << 20
 )
 
 // blockPadding computes the number of bytes needed to pad offset up to the
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar/reader.go b/vendor/github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar/reader.go
index 6a6b3e01824..248a7ccb15a 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar/reader.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar/reader.go
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ func (tr *Reader) next() (*Header, error) {
 			continue // This is a meta header affecting the next header
 		case TypeGNULongName, TypeGNULongLink:
 			format.mayOnlyBe(FormatGNU)
-			realname, err := io.ReadAll(tr)
+			realname, err := readSpecialFile(tr)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, err
 			}
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ func mergePAX(hdr *Header, paxHdrs map[string]string) (err error) {
 // parsePAX parses PAX headers.
 // If an extended header (type 'x') is invalid, ErrHeader is returned
 func parsePAX(r io.Reader) (map[string]string, error) {
-	buf, err := io.ReadAll(r)
+	buf, err := readSpecialFile(r)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -889,6 +889,16 @@ func tryReadFull(r io.Reader, b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 	return n, err
 }
 
+// readSpecialFile is like io.ReadAll except it returns
+// ErrFieldTooLong if more than maxSpecialFileSize is read.
+func readSpecialFile(r io.Reader) ([]byte, error) {
+	buf, err := io.ReadAll(io.LimitReader(r, maxSpecialFileSize+1))
+	if len(buf) > maxSpecialFileSize {
+		return nil, ErrFieldTooLong
+	}
+	return buf, err
+}
+
 // discard skips n bytes in r, reporting an error if unable to do so.
 func discard(tr *Reader, n int64) error {
 	var seekSkipped, copySkipped int64
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index fb12822f5ff..04a00ae8cf5 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ github.com/ulikunitz/xz
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz/internal/hash
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz/internal/xlog
 github.com/ulikunitz/xz/lzma
-# github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.6
+# github.com/vbatts/tar-split v0.11.7
 ## explicit; go 1.17
 github.com/vbatts/tar-split/archive/tar
 github.com/vbatts/tar-split/tar/asm