Bug 2484320 - CVE-2026-42496 perl-Archive-Tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted symlinks allows arbitrary file access [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-42496 perl-Archive-Tar: perl-archive-tar: Path traversal via crafted...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: perl-Archive-Tar
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Jitka Plesnikova
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["935ce76f-fe57-4000-985d-f...
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Blocks: CVE-2026-42496
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Reported: 2026-06-03 09:25 UTC by Michal Findra
Modified: 2026-06-19 01:09 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version: perl-Archive-Tar-3.04-522.fc43
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Environment:
Last Closed: 2026-06-19 01:09:09 UTC
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Description Michal Findra 2026-06-03 09:25:51 UTC 
Disclaimer: Community trackers are created by Red Hat Product Security team on a best effort basis. Package maintainers are required to ascertain if the flaw indeed affects their package, before starting the update process.
Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2026-06-03 11:57:58 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-6988e8f652 (perl-Archive-Tar-3.04-522.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-6988e8f652
Comment 2 Fedora Update System 2026-06-04 02:12:12 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-6988e8f652 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf upgrade --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2026-6988e8f652`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-6988e8f652

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.
Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2026-06-19 01:09:09 UTC 
FEDORA-2026-6988e8f652 (perl-Archive-Tar-3.04-522.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.
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