CVE-2026-124745
A flaw was found in BusyBox. When extracting an archive, the tar utility improperly resolves deferred hardlink targets across symbolic links pointing outside the intended extraction directory. An attacker could provide a specially crafted archive that links to sensitive files outside the extraction tree, allowing subsequent extraction operations to overwrite arbitrary files on the system.
Published:Nov 11, 2026
Last Modified:Nov 13, 2026
EPS:Nov 11, 2026
EPSS Score:0.00171
CVSS Score:6.3
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Busybox
Product
Busybox
Busybox
Busybox
Vendor
Red Hat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Red Hat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Enterprise Linux
Redhat
Enterprise Linux
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Hardened Images
Redhat
Hardened Images
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Hummingbird
Redhat
Hummingbird
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Rhel Els
Redhat
Rhel Els
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
