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Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: UBUNTU-CVE-2026-18477

A TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability in GNU tar's incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows a local attacker with write access to a directory being backed up to influence the restore process if the attacker has access to the system where the restore is being performed. During restoration, files or directories may be created, renamed or overwritten outside the intended extraction directory. This could lead to unauthorized file modification or, in some cases, privilege escalation. Exploitation does not require the attacker to modify or craft the archive, and standard backup and restore workflows—including extracting into a newly created directory without using the -P option do not mitigate the issue.

Products
tar
Affected versions
1.26+dfsg-8, 1.27-3, 1.27-4, 1.27.1-1, 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1, 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1, 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm2, 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm3, 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm4, 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm5, 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm6, 1.27.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm7, 1.27.1-2, 1.28-2.1, 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.1, 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2, 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm1, 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm2, 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm3, 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm4, 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm5, 1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm6, 1.28-2ubuntu1, 1.29b-2, 1.29b-2ubuntu0.1, 1.29b-2ubuntu0.2, 1.29b-2ubuntu0.3, 1.29b-2ubuntu0.4, 1.29b-2ubuntu0.4+esm1, 1.29b-2ubuntu0.4+esm2, 1.29b-2ubuntu0.4+esm3, 1.29b-2ubuntu0.4+esm4, 1.30+dfsg-6, 1.30+dfsg-7, 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.1, 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.2, 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.3, 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.4, 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.4+esm1, 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.4+esm2, 1.30+dfsg-7ubuntu0.20.04.4+esm3, 1.34+dfsg-1.2ubuntu1, 1.34+dfsg-1.2ubuntu2, 1.34+dfsg-1.3ubuntu1, 1.34+dfsg-1.4, 1.34+dfsg-1build1, 1.34+dfsg-1build2, 1.34+dfsg-1build3, 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.1, 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.2, 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.3, 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.4, 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.5, 1.34+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1.22.04.6, 1.35+dfsg-2, 1.35+dfsg-2~build1, 1.35+dfsg-3, 1.35+dfsg-3.1build1, 1.35+dfsg-3.1build2, 1.35+dfsg-3build1, 1.35+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1, 1.35+dfsg-3ubuntu0.2, 1.35+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3, 1.35+dfsg-3ubuntu0.4, 1.35+dfsg-4, 1.35+dfsg-4ubuntu0.1, 1.35+dfsg-4ubuntu0.2, 1.35+dfsg-4ubuntu0.3, 1.35+dfsg-4ubuntu0.4, 1.35+dfsg-5ubuntu1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-18477
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
31 Oct 2026, 01:24 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-18477

core-osv · Original source

Published 3 Aug 2026, 17:16 UTC

A TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability in GNU tar's incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows a local attacker with write access to a directory being backed up to influence the restore process if the attacker has access to the system where the restore is being performed. During restoration, files or directories may be created, renamed or overwritten outside the intended extraction directory. This could lead to unauthorized file modification or, in some cases, privilege escalation. Exploitation does not require the attacker to modify or craft the archive, and standard backup and restore workflows—including extracting into a newly created directory without using the -P option do not mitigate the issue.

osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-18477

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tar

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tar

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tar

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tar

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Complete source record
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