CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-79699

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2026-09-15 Modified 2026-10-02 Official page ↗
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
2026-09-15
Last modified
2026-10-02
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Weaknesses
CWE-59

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.

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References