4.4
Medium
CVE-2026-79699 Podman: buildah: skopeo: containers/storage: malicious tar whiteout header allows replacement of extraction destination directory
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.
CVSS 3.1 detail
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:LExploitable with local access to the machine, without an account and if a user takes an action; the impact on data or service is limited.
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- Interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Affected products and versions
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Hardened Images | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4 | Versions not published | |
| Red Hat Quay 3 | Versions not published |
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