UnratedFix available
tar: Fix of CVE-2026-18477
Type: advisorySources: OSV
- CVE-2026-18477: apply safer_name_suffix to incremental dumpdir 'X' entries so the temporary directory template can no longer escape the extraction directory - use mkdtempat instead of mkdtemp so the 'X' temporary directory is created relative to -C (backport of upstream d479b2cc)
- Products
- tar
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2:1.34-7.el9.tuxcare.els4
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-18477
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 10:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2026-18477: apply safer_name_suffix to incremental dumpdir 'X' entries so the temporary directory template can no longer escape the extraction directory - use mkdtempat instead of mkdtemp so the 'X' temporary directory is created relative to -C (backport of upstream d479b2cc)
osv:CLSA-2026-1787337920
tar
Fixed versions: 2:1.34-7.el9.tuxcare.els4
Complete source record
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"id": "ad6ceb5abd78da3bac41bd7a27ae536bc3d201149ec5e2bc86908a9064b642f7",
"url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CLSA-2026-1787337920",
"method": "structured",
"payload": {
"kind": "advisory",
"title": "tar: Fix of CVE-2026-18477",
"summary": "- CVE-2026-18477: apply safer_name_suffix to incremental dumpdir 'X' entries so the temporary directory template can no longer escape the extraction directory - use mkdtempat instead of mkdtemp so the 'X' temporary directory is created relative to -C (backport of upstream d479b2cc)",
"evidence": "osv:CLSA-2026-1787337920",
"products": [
{
"name": {
"value": "tar",
"evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
},
"prerequisites": [],
"fixed_versions": [
{
"value": "2:1.34-7.el9.tuxcare.els4",
"evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
}
],
"affected_versions": []
}
],
"severity": "unknown",
"structured": {
"id": "CLSA-2026-1787337920",
"aliases": [
"CLSA-2026-1787337920"
],
"affected": [
{
"ranges": [
{
"type": "ECOSYSTEM",
"events": [
{
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},
{
"fixed": "2:1.34-7.el9.tuxcare.els4"
}
]
}
],
"package": {
"name": "tar",
"purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/tar?distro=almalinux-9.2",
"ecosystem": "TuxCare:AlmaLinux:9.2"
},
"database_specific": {
"source": "https://github.com/cloudlinux/tuxcare-osv/tree/main/data/els_os/almalinux9.2esu/CLSA-2026-1787337920.json"
}
}
],
"modified": "2026-10-26T09:30:36.647014626Z",
"provider": "osv",
"upstream": [
"CVE-2026-18477"
],
"references": [
"https://errata.tuxcare.com/els_os/almalinux9.2esu/CLSA-2026-1787337920.html",
"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18477"
]
},
"related_cves": [
{
"value": "CVE-2026-18477",
"evidence": "/upstream"
}
],
"security_relevant": true,
"severity_evidence": null
},
"source_id": "core-osv",
"document_id": 447156,
"published_at": "2026-08-21T18:45:31+00:00"
}