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CVE-2026-79699

MEDIUMCVSS 4.4
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Description

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.

Timeline
Published:September 15th, 2026 5:17 PM
Last modified:September 16th, 2026 7:42 PM
CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 4.4 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)
CWE-59
References & Reports
Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute