USN-8477-2: tar regression

USN-8477-1 fixed a vulnerability in tar. The update introduced a regression that could cause tar to fail to extract certain valid files. This update fixes the problem. Original advisory details: It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled certain crafted archive files. An attacker could possib...

VulnCheck KEV: CVE-2018-14028

In WordPress 4.9.7, plugins uploaded via the admin area are not verified as being ZIP files. This allows for PHP files to be uploaded. Once a PHP file is uploaded, the plugin extraction fails, but the PHP file remains in a predictable wp-content/uploads location, allowing for an attacker to then...

GHSA-945P-3JHM-6RCP malcontent: Nested archive extraction failure can drop content from scan inputs

Previously, malcontent would remove nested archives which failed to extract which could potentially leave malicious content. A better approach is to preserve these archives so that malcontent can attempt a best-effort scan of the archive bytes. Fix:...

malcontent: Nested archive extraction failure can drop content from scan inputs

Previously, malcontent would remove nested archives which failed to extract which could potentially leave malicious content. A better approach is to preserve these archives so that malcontent can attempt a best-effort scan of the archive bytes. Fix:...

CVE-2026-28407 malcontent's nested archive extraction failure can drop content from scan inputs

malcontent is software for discovering supply-chain compromises through context, differential analysis, and YARA. Prior to version 1.21.0, malcontent would remove nested archives which failed to extract which could potentially leave malicious content. A better approach is to preserve these archiv...

Elastic Security Breach

Elastic is the Netherlands Elastic company's set of open source distributed RESTful search engine built on Lucene . The product is mainly used in cloud computing and supports data indexing using JSON over HTTP. A security vulnerability exists in Elastic Agent and Beats versions 7.0.0 through...