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tar security update

Type: advisorySource: OSV1 source record

GNU Tar provides the ability to create tar archives, as well as various other kinds of manipulation. For example, you can use Tar on previously created archives to extract files, to store additional files, or to update or list files which were already stored. Security Fix(es): A flaw was found in GNU tar. When extracting an archive with the --one-top-level option, hardlink targets are not confined to the designated top-level directory and may resolve relative to the extraction working directory. A crafted archive can create hardlinks that escape the intended boundary and, when combined with a preexisting symbolic link under the working directory, may allow writing outside that boundary during a single extraction.(CVE-2026-18508)

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OESA-2026-4081

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: osv:OESA-2026-4081

tar

Source reference: /affected/0/package/name

Affected versions
Not stated in this record
Fixed versions
1.35-8.oe2403sp4

Source reference: /affected/0/ranges

Prerequisites
Not stated in this record

Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "ranges": [
      {
        "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
        "events": [
          {
            "introduced": "0"
          },
          {
            "fixed": "1.35-8.oe2403sp4"
          }
        ]
      }
    ],
    "package": {
      "name": "tar",
      "purl": "pkg:rpm/openEuler/tar&distro=openEuler-24.03-LTS-SP4",
      "ecosystem": "openEuler:24.03-LTS-SP4"
    },
    "database_specific": {
      "source": "https://repo.openeuler.org/security/data/osv/OESA-2026-4081.json"
    },
    "ecosystem_specific": {
      "src": [
        "tar-1.35-8.oe2403sp4.src.rpm"
      ],
      "noarch": [
        "tar-help-1.35-8.oe2403sp4.noarch.rpm"
      ],
      "x86_64": [
        "tar-1.35-8.oe2403sp4.x86_64.rpm",
        "tar-debuginfo-1.35-8.oe2403sp4.x86_64.rpm",
        "tar-debugsource-1.35-8.oe2403sp4.x86_64.rpm"
      ],
      "aarch64": [
        "tar-1.35-8.oe2403sp4.aarch64.rpm",
        "tar-debuginfo-1.35-8.oe2403sp4.aarch64.rpm",
        "tar-debugsource-1.35-8.oe2403sp4.aarch64.rpm"
      ]
    }
  }
]

Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /database_specific/severity

Event
#14701 · Revision 1
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