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CVE-2026-79699

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.01 BB Relevance: 34/100
Published: 2026-09-15 Modified: 2026-11-06 First seen: 2026-11-01 Status: active

Attack Surface

Low Complexity No Auth

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Local
AC: Low
PR: None
UI: Required
S: Unchanged
C: None
I: Low
A: Low

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.

Weakness Classification (1)

References & Advisories (2)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523408
issue-tracking x_refsource_REDHAT

Bug Bounty Relevance

34 / 100
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity

CVSS Score

4.4 / 10.0 v3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.23%
Raw Score 0.002310
Percentile 14.0%
Date 2026-11-13

EPSS Trend

2026-11-13
0.00231
2026-11-12
0.00173
2026-11-10
0.00173
2026-11-09
0.00173
2026-11-08
0.00173
2026-11-07
0.00173
2026-11-06
0.00173
2026-11-05
0.00173
2026-11-04
0.00173
2026-11-03
0.00173
2026-11-02
0.00173
2026-11-01
0.00173
2026-10-31
0.00173

Intelligence Sources

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