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CVE-2026-5704
medium 5.5
A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files onto a system without detection.
Details
- Status
- Modified
- Published
- Last changed
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
- Weakness
- CWE-434
Severity
| Version | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 5.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
secalert@redhat.comSecondary |
| CVSS 3.1 | medium 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
nvd@nist.govPrimary |
Affected products
Vendor and product from the NVD’s CPE applicability statements. Versions and conditions are on the NVD’s page.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61581
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61586
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61783
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66018
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:66514
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70390
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5704Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455360ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/11/10ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/11/11Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/12/2ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory