USN-8467-1: Perl vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Perl's Archive::Tar module incorrectly handled symlink and hardlink targets during extraction. An attacker could use this issue to read or overwrite arbitrary files outside the extraction directory. CVE-2026-42496 It was discovered that Perl had a heap buffer overflow when...

USN-8467-1 perl vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Perl's Archive::Tar module incorrectly handled symlink and hardlink targets during extraction. An attacker could use this issue to read or overwrite arbitrary files outside the extraction directory. CVE-2026-42496 It was discovered that Perl had a heap buffer overflow when...

Updated perl-Archive-Tar package fixes security vulnerabilities

The updated package fixes security vulnerabilities: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. CVE-2026-42496 Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the...

MGASA-2026-0230 Updated perl-Archive-Tar package fixes security vulnerabilities

The updated package fixes security vulnerabilities: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. CVE-2026-42496 Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the...

CVE-2026-11940

tarfile.extractall with the 'data' or 'tar' filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower...

CVE-2026-11940 tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory

tarfile.extractall with the 'data' or 'tar' filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower...

CVE-2026-11940

tarfile.extractall with the 'data' or 'tar' filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower...

CVE-2026-11940 tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory

tarfile.extractall with the 'data' or 'tar' filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower...

PSF-2026-30

tarfile.extractall with the 'data' or 'tar' filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower...

CVE-2026-11940

CVE-2026-11940 concerns tarfile.extractall() in Python’s tarfile handling where a crafted archive can bypass the filter for data/tar and cause a symlink outside the destination directory to be created by abusing a hardlink referencing a deeper symlink. The extraction fallback validates the symlin...

EUVD-2026-38490

tarfile.extractall with the 'data' or 'tar' filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower...

PT-2026-51546

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Python tarfile affected versions not specified Description A flaw exists in the extractall function when using the 'data' or 'tar' filters. A specially crafted archive containing a hardlink that references a symlink stored at a deeper path can...

GHSA-74P7-6H78-GW8P skillctl: argument injection, path traversal in --dest, FIFO/device DoS, hardlink exfiltration, and commit-trailer forgery

Impact Following the path-safety patches in GHSA-wx3m-whqv-xv47 v0.1.2, a comprehensive multi-angle audit surfaced five further vulnerabilities, now patched in v0.1.3: 1. sourcesha argument injection in git ls-tree CRITICAL. InstalledSkill.sourcesha deserialized from .skills.toml committed,...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in node-tar

node-tar is a fully featured Tar library for Node.js. When using default options in versions 7.5.7 and below, an attacker-controlled archive can create a hardlink within the extraction directory that points to a file outside of the extraction root. This allows arbitrary file reading and writing b...

Important: perl-Archive-Tar

Issue Overview: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. makespecialfile passes the tar header's linkname to symlink without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check tha...

Important: perl-Archive-Tar

Issue Overview: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. makespecialfile passes the tar header's linkname to symlink without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check tha...

Amazon Linux 2 : perl-Archive-Tar, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3347 (ALAS-2026-3347)

The version of perl-Archive-Tar installed on the remote host is prior to 1.92-3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3347 advisory. Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extractio...

Amazon Linux 2023 : perl-Archive-Tar, perl-Archive-Tar-tests (ALAS2023-2026-1805)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1805 advisory. Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. makespecialfile passes the tar header's linkname to symlink witho...

CVE-2026-42497

A flaw was found in perl-Archive-Tar. This vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a malicious tar archive that, when extracted, can create hardlinks to arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory. This could lead to the modification of sensitive files on the system, potentially...

linux-sgx security update

An update is available for linux-sgx. This update affects Rocky Linux 10. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE list The Intel SGX SDK is a collection of APIs, libraries, documentations and...