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CVE-2026-5704

A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files onto a system without detection.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:8f4076198260bc8522ba9bc7f4ad77b69a3704c377bc35b03440316621dda30b
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
1

Preserved source conflicts

No provider value was silently selected as the winner.

affected · 6 assertions

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/4

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/2

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/1

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/0

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Hardened Images","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/5

{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","vendor":"Red Hat"}

  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/3

Affected products and versions

6 source assertions
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/4
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/2
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/1
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/0
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Hardened Images","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/5
{"collectionURL":"https://access.redhat.com/downloads/content/package-browser/","cpes":["cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"],"defaultStatus":"affected","packageName":"tar","product":"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8","vendor":"Red Hat"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/affected/3

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"LOCAL","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":5,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"REQUIRED","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/metrics/1/cvssV3_1

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-434","description":"Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

5 source assertions
{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/11/10"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/adp/1/references/0
{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/11/11"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/adp/1/references/1
{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/12/2"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/adp/1/references/2
{"tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5704"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"RHBZ#2455360","tags":["issue-tracking","x_refsource_REDHAT"],"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455360"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:8e87cc93aff7a8c78832a1c5c79caff01280c31994b99bd1e0b0639c89e3e58f · sha256:17f4cef779475667… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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