RLSA-2026:61586

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    RLSA-2026:61586

    Published: 11 Sept 2026Last Modified: 11 Sept 2026

    Summary: Moderate: tar security, bug fix, and enhancement update

    Details: The GNU tar program can save multiple files in an archive and restore files from an archive. Security Fix(es): * tar: tar: Hidden file injection via crafted archives (CVE-2026-5704) * tar: tar: TOCTOU in incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows restore path escape (CVE-2026-18477) * tar: tar: --one-top-level hardlink targets not confined to top-level directory enabling arbitrary file overwrite (CVE-2026-18508) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s): * tar: --one-top-level with absolute path fails (JIRA:Rocky Linux-143906) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

    References: https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:61586, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455360, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2509735, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2509843, https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61586

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: tar

    Purl: pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/tar?distro=rocky-linux-10&epoch=2

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2:1.35-13.el10_2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Low
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    Availability
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