CVE-2026-79699
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CVE-2026-79699 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 4.4/10 on the CVSS scale. A flaw was found in the containers/storage library. A crafted tar archive containing a malicious whiteout header (e.g. EPSS estimates a 0.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
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Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Hardened Images | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 | All versions |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Quay 3 | All versions |
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Timeline
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- Status
- Awaiting Analysis
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