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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD4.4 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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images

Default version status: unaffected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3

Default version status: affected

Red Hat Red Hat Quay 3

Default version status: affected

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