Bug 2523408 (CVE-2026-79699)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-79699 podman: buildah: skopeo: containers/storage: Malicious tar whiteout header allows replacement of extraction destination directory | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security <prodsec-ir-bot> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | low | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | low | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, aruklets, asdas, dkeler, doconnor, dpaolell, dschmidt, jdelft, jlanda, jupierce, kshier, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sdawley, security-response-team, sghai, sidsharm, simaishi, stcannon, suppawar, teagle, thason, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers, yguenane |
| Target Milestone: | --- | Keywords: | Security |
| Target Release: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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| Fixed In Version: | Doc Type: | --- | |
| Doc Text: |
A flaw was found in the containers/storage library. A crafted tar archive containing a malicious whiteout header (e.g. victim/.wh.) can cause the extraction destination directory to be replaced with an arbitrary file when processed by storage/pkg/archive.UnpackLayer, ApplyLayer, or ApplyUncompressedLayer.
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| oVirt Team: | --- | RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host: | |
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| Bug Depends On: | 2533890, 2533891, 2533892 | ||
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| Deadline: | 2026-11-25 | ||
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-08-25 12:27:16 UTC
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