Medium

Podman: buildah: skopeo: containers/storage: malicious tar whiteout header allows replacement of extraction destination directory

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced 15 Sept 2026Source revision 1

Original source ↗

CVE-2026-79699

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-79699

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

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Red Hat Hardened Images

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Red Hat Hardened Images

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Red Hat Hardened Images

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4

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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

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Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces

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Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4

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Red Hat Quay 3

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Red Hat Quay 3

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

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Related CVEs: CVE-2026-79699
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Publisher severity

medium

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event: #7980 · Revision 1
Added to Heist Feed: Sat, 24 Oct 2026 22:53:16 GMT
Publisher date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:25:16 GMT

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