CVE-2026-79699

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CVSS 3.1

4.4 medium

EPSS

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Published

Sep 15, 2026 (7h ago)

Modified

Sep 15, 2026

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.

Weakness: CWE-59
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

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