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    CVE-2026-79699

    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.

    Published:Sep 15, 2026
    Last Modified:Sep 17, 2026
    EPS:Sep 15, 2026
    EPSS Score:0.0013
    CVSS Score:4.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Ansible Automation Platform
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Container Native Virtualization
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Hummingbird
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Openshift Devspaces
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Quay

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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