diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d6a5a1d1..f101b3b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ TestResults/
 packages/*/
 project.lock.json
 tests/TestArchives/Scratch
+tests/TestArchives/*/Scratch
+tests/TestArchives/*/Scratch2
 .vs
 tools
 .vscode
@@ -18,4 +20,3 @@ tools
 
 .DS_Store
 *.snupkg
-/tests/TestArchives/6d23a38c-f064-4ef1-ad89-b942396f53b9/Scratch
diff --git a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/Headers/TarHeader.cs b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/Headers/TarHeader.cs
index 1a04740f..06a1f10a 100644
--- a/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/Headers/TarHeader.cs
+++ b/src/SharpCompress/Common/Tar/Headers/TarHeader.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ internal sealed class TarHeader
 
     internal const int BLOCK_SIZE = 512;
 
+    // Maximum size for long name/link headers to prevent memory exhaustion attacks
+    // This is generous enough for most real-world scenarios (32KB)
+    private const int MAX_LONG_NAME_SIZE = 32768;
+
     internal void Write(Stream output)
     {
         var buffer = new byte[BLOCK_SIZE];
@@ -186,6 +190,15 @@ internal sealed class TarHeader
     private string ReadLongName(BinaryReader reader, byte[] buffer)
     {
         var size = ReadSize(buffer);
+
+        // Validate size to prevent memory exhaustion from malformed headers
+        if (size < 0 || size > MAX_LONG_NAME_SIZE)
+        {
+            throw new InvalidFormatException(
+                $"Long name size {size} is invalid or exceeds maximum allowed size of {MAX_LONG_NAME_SIZE} bytes"
+            );
+        }
+
         var nameLength = (int)size;
         var nameBytes = reader.ReadBytes(nameLength);
         var remainingBytesToRead = BLOCK_SIZE - (nameLength % BLOCK_SIZE);
diff --git a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
index c9977664..c4763b3c 100644
--- a/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
+++ b/tests/SharpCompress.Test/Tar/TarReaderTests.cs
@@ -254,4 +254,58 @@ public class TarReaderTests : ReaderTests
         }
     }
 #endif
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Tar_Malformed_LongName_Excessive_Size()
+    {
+        // Create a malformed TAR header with an excessively large LongName size
+        // This simulates what happens during auto-detection of compressed files
+        var buffer = new byte[512];
+
+        // Set up a basic TAR header structure
+        // Name field (offset 0, 100 bytes) - set to "././@LongLink" which is typical for LongName
+        var nameBytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("././@LongLink");
+        Array.Copy(nameBytes, 0, buffer, 0, nameBytes.Length);
+
+        // Set entry type to LongName (offset 156)
+        buffer[156] = (byte)'L'; // EntryType.LongName
+
+        // Set an excessively large size (offset 124, 12 bytes, octal format)
+        // This simulates a corrupted/misinterpreted size field
+        // Using "77777777777" (octal) = 8589934591 bytes (~8GB)
+        var sizeBytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("77777777777 ");
+        Array.Copy(sizeBytes, 0, buffer, 124, sizeBytes.Length);
+
+        // Calculate and set checksum (offset 148, 8 bytes)
+        // Set checksum field to spaces first
+        for (var i = 148; i < 156; i++)
+        {
+            buffer[i] = (byte)' ';
+        }
+
+        // Calculate checksum
+        var checksum = 0;
+        foreach (var b in buffer)
+        {
+            checksum += b;
+        }
+
+        var checksumStr = Convert.ToString(checksum, 8).PadLeft(6, '0') + "\0 ";
+        var checksumBytes = System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(checksumStr);
+        Array.Copy(checksumBytes, 0, buffer, 148, checksumBytes.Length);
+
+        // Create a stream with this malformed header
+        using var stream = new MemoryStream();
+        stream.Write(buffer, 0, buffer.Length);
+        stream.Position = 0;
+
+        // Attempt to read this malformed archive
+        // The InvalidFormatException from the validation gets caught and converted to IncompleteArchiveException
+        // The important thing is it doesn't cause OutOfMemoryException
+        Assert.Throws<IncompleteArchiveException>(() =>
+        {
+            using var reader = TarReader.Open(stream);
+            reader.MoveToNextEntry();
+        });
+    }
 }