Security Advisory

CVE-2026-79699

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-09-15 16:25:16

Last updated 2026-09-15 16:25:16

Assigner redhat

CVSS score 4.4

State PUBLISHED

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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