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Red HatCVE-2026-18508

Red Hat GNU tar.: link following

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CVE-2026-18508 · Published Aug 3, 2026 · updated Nov 5, 2026

Medium4.4
No fix yet
Red Hat advisory

A flaw was found in GNU tar. When extracting an archive with the --one-top-level option, hardlink targets are not confined to the designated top-level directory and may resolve relative to the extraction working directory. A crafted archive can create hardlinks that escape the intended boundary and, when combined with a preexisting symbolic link under the working directory, may allow writing outside that boundary during a single extraction.

Affected versions

PackageAffectedFixed in
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Product
all versionsNo fix yet
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