Updated tar packages fix security vulnerabilities

GNU Tar through 1.35 allows file overwrite via directory traversal in crafted TAR archives, with a certain two-step process. CVE-2025-45582 Tar: toctou in incremental dumpdir 'x' rename handling allows restore path escape. CVE-2026-18477 Tar: --one-top-level hardlink targets not confined to...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Squid

Squid is a caching proxy for the Web. Due to a bug related to expired pointer references, Squid versions prior to 6.6 were vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack targeting error responses from the Cache Manager. This vulnerability allowed a trusted client to cause a Denial of Service attack by...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Python 3.11, Python 2.7, Python 3.7, and Pypy

There is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Regular expressions that allow excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS through specifically crafted tar archives...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in ARK

The libarchiveplugin.cpp file in the KDE archive prior to version 24.12.0 can extract to an absolute path from an archive...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Vim

Vim is an open-source, command-line text editor. Prior to version 9.1.1552, a path traversal issue in Vim’s tar.vim plugin could allow overwriting of arbitrary files when opening specially crafted tar archives. The impact is limited because this exploit requires direct user interaction. However,...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Cpio

In all versions of cpio before 2.13, input files are not properly validated when generating TAR archives. When cpio is used to create TAR archives from paths that attackers can access, the resulting archive may contain files with permissions that the attacker does not have, or in paths to which t...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Git

Git is a revision control system. The Git project recommends avoiding working in untrusted repositories. Instead, clone the repository first with git clone --no-local to obtain a clean copy. Git has specific protections to ensure that this operation is safe, even when working with untrusted sourc...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in mat2

Before version 0.13.0, mat2 also known as the metadata anonymisation toolkit allowed ../ directory traversal during the ZIP archive cleaning process. This issue primarily affects mat2 web instances, where clients could obtain sensitive information through a crafted archive...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Python 3.11

It allows the extraction filter to be ignored, enabling symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and modifying some file metadata. This vulnerability affects users who use the TarFile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or TarFile.extract, with the...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Squid

Squid is a web proxy cache. Starting from version 3.5.27 and before version 6.8, Squid may be vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack against the HTTP Chunked decoder due to an uncontrolled recursion bug. This issue allows a remote attacker to cause a Denial of Service when sending a crafted,...

Security update for python39.SUSE_SLE-15-SP3_Update

This update for python39.SUSESLE-15-SP3Update fixes the following issues: Security issues fixed: CVE-2026-0864: improper handling of line-ending characters can lead to configuration file injection when the configparser module is used bsc1269066. CVE-2026-1703: files may be extracted outside the...

PT-2026-91410

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CPython versions prior to 3.14 Description The tarfile module's data and extraction filters are susceptible to a bypass when processing crafted archives containing a hard link that targets a symbolic link. This issue occurs during the executio...

RockyLinux 10 : tar (RLSA-2026:61586)

The remote RockyLinux 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RLSA-2026:61586 advisory. tar: tar: Hidden file injection via crafted archives CVE-2026-5704 tar: tar: TOCTOU in incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows restore path esca...

tar: tar: Hidden file injection via crafted archives

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...

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : PHP vulnerabilities (USN-8734-1)

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8734-1 advisory. It was discovered that PHP incorrectly handled Apache map decoding in SOAP servers with a typemap configured. A remote attacker could use this issue to...

openSUSE 16 Security Update : cpio (openSUSE-SU-2026:21747-1)

The remote openSUSE 16 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2026:21747-1 advisory. - CVE-2026-66484: improper sanitization in the tar archive extraction functionality allows for the creation of hard links outside intended...

SUSE CVE-2025-15614

ugrep before 7.6.0 contains a heap buffer over-read vulnerability in the LZW decompressor when processing crafted .Z archive files. Attackers can supply malformed .Z files that cause the decompressor to read one byte past the allocated heap buffer, potentially crashing the process...

SUSE-SU-2026:4012-1 Security update for cpio

This update for cpio fixes the following issues: - CVE-2026-66484: improper sanitization in the tar archive extraction functionality allows for the creation of hard links outside intended directory via malicious tar archives bsc1274856. - CVE-2026-66485: improper memory management in the makepath...

CVE-2026-84745: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.3.1 does not restrict non-public content to the users entitled to read it on its public REST archives, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as contributor to read the full contents of every unpublished record on the site, including other...

PT-2026-86348

🚨 CVE-2026-84745 The Events Calendar WordPress plugin before 6.17.3.1 does not restrict non-public content to the users entitled to read it on its public REST archives, allowing users with a low-privilege role such as contributor to read the full contents of every unpublished record on the site,...