ALSA-2026:61586 Moderate: tar security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The GNU tar program can save multiple files in an archive and restore files from an archive. Security Fixes: tar: tar: Hidden file injection via crafted archives CVE-2026-5704 tar: tar: TOCTOU in incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows restore path escape CVE-2026-18477 tar: tar:...

CVE-2026-18477 Tar: tar: toctou in incremental dumpdir 'x' rename handling allows restore path escape

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...