Red HatCVE-2026-79699
Red Hat containers/storage: link following
Medium4.4CVE-2026-79699 · Published Sep 15, 2026 · updated Sep 17, 2026
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.
Affected versions
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| all versions | No fix yet | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Product | all versions | No fix yet |
Details and references
- CVSS 3.1
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Severity from
- the vendor (its own CVE record or advisory)
- Weakness
- CWE-59
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