CVE-2026-11940

A flaw was found in the tarfile.extractall function within Python. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted archive. This archive could bypass security filters by using a hardlink that references a symlink, allowing the symlink to be recreated outside th...

SUSE CVE-2026-26158

A flaw was found in BusyBox. This vulnerability allows an attacker to modify files outside of the intended extraction directory by crafting a malicious tar archive containing unvalidated hardlink or symlink entries. If the tar archive is extracted with elevated privileges, this flaw can lead to...

SUSE CVE-2026-23745

node-tar is a Tar for Node.js. The node-tar library = 7.5.2 fails to sanitize the linkpath of Link hardlink and SymbolicLink entries when preservePaths is false the default secure behavior. This allows malicious archives to bypass the extraction root restriction, leading to Arbitrary File Overwri...

GHSA-3J8R-JF9W-5CMH LlamaIndex vulnerability in its ObsidianReader class can lead to Path Traversal exploit

A vulnerability in the ObsidianReader class of the run-llama/llamaindex repository, before version 0.5.2 specifically in version 0.12.27 of llama-index, allows for hardlink-based path traversal. This flaw permits attackers to bypass path restrictions and access sensitive system files, such as...

PT-2025-27525

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: llama index version 0.12.27 Description: A flaw in the ObsidianReader class allows for hardlink-based path traversal, enabling attackers to bypass path restrictions and access sensitive system files, such as /etc/passwd, by exploiting...

Arbitrary File Overwrite

Overview Versions of tar prior to 4.4.2 for 4.x and 2.2.2 for 2.x are vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite. Extracting tarballs containing a hardlink to a file that already exists in the system, and a file that matches the hardlink will overwrite the system's file with the contents of the...