Oracle Linux 10 : perl-Archive-Tar (ELSA-2026-30857)

The remote Oracle Linux 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2026-30857 advisory. - Fix CVE-2026-42496: validate symlink and hardlink targets in secure extract mode Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the...

Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack through improper validation of hardlink targets during tar extraction. An attacker can access or modify files outside the intended extraction directory by crafting a malicious tarball with a hardlink entry whose target is...

Symlink Attack

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack through improper validation of hardlink targets during tar extraction. An attacker can access or modify files outside the intended extraction directory by crafting a malicious tarball with a hardlink entry whose target is...