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.
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Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

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Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

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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.
Title Podman: buildah: skopeo: containers/storage: malicious tar whiteout header allows replacement of extraction destination directory
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
Redhat container Native Virtualization
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Redhat openshift Devspaces
Redhat quay
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2
cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_devspaces:3
cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
Redhat container Native Virtualization
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Redhat openshift Devspaces
Redhat quay
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-17T18:29:57.599Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T12:24:09.488Z

Link: CVE-2026-79699

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T18:29:53.895Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-15T17:17:27.083

Modified: 2026-09-17T19:17:03.080

Link: CVE-2026-79699

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-79699 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T13:15:13Z

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