CVE-2026-54727

CVE-2026-54727 affects proot-distro: prior to 5.1.6, the restore command accepted hardlink entries whose linkname pointed to a different installed container and did not verify the source container matches the destination being restored. This could enable cross-container data copying or injection ...

CVE-2026-50163

oras-go is a Go library for managing OCI artifacts. Prior to 2.6.2, ensureLinkPath in content/file/utils.go:262-275 validates a hardlink target relative to the extract base but returns the unresolved target, causing os.Link"victim.secret", "/payload.tar.gz/evilcwdlink" to resolve header.Linkname...

CVE-2026-50163 oras-go: Hardlink entry with relative Linkname escapes extract dir via process CWD resolution in `oras-go` tar extraction

oras-go is a Go library for managing OCI artifacts. Prior to 2.6.2, ensureLinkPath in content/file/utils.go:262-275 validates a hardlink target relative to the extract base but returns the unresolved target, causing os.Link"victim.secret", "/payload.tar.gz/evilcwdlink" to resolve header.Linkname...

CVE-2026-53486 decompress: Archive extraction can create files and links outside the target directory

The decompress package for Node.js extracts archives. Prior to 10.2.1 and 11.1.3, archive extraction can create files and links outside the target directory. When extracting an archive to a directory, a crafted archive can read or write files outside that directory because hardlink and symlink...

Amazon Linux 2023 : perl-Archive-Tar, perl-Archive-Tar-tests (ALAS2023-2026-1805)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2026-1805 advisory. Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. makespecialfile passes the tar header's linkname to symlink witho...

Important: perl-Archive-Tar

Issue Overview: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. makespecialfile passes the tar header's linkname to symlink without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check tha...

Amazon Linux 2 : perl-Archive-Tar, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3347 (ALAS-2026-3347)

The version of perl-Archive-Tar installed on the remote host is prior to 1.92-3. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3347 advisory. Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extractio...

CVE-2026-42497

A flaw was found in perl-Archive-Tar. This vulnerability allows an attacker to craft a malicious tar archive that, when extracted, can create hardlinks to arbitrary files outside the intended extraction directory. This could lead to the modification of sensitive files on the system, potentially...

Important: nodejs22

Issue Overview: A vulnerability was found in juliangruber brace-expansion up to 1.1.11/2.0.1/3.0.0/4.0.0. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is the function expand of the file index.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack may be...

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...

CVE-2026-24842

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

EUVD-2026-4909

node-tar,a Tar for Node.js, contains a vulnerability in versions prior to 7.5.7 where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution semantics than the actual hardlink creation logic. This mismatch allows an attacker to craft a malicious TAR archive that bypasses path...

PT-2026-5047

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions node-tar versions prior to 7.5.7 Description The node-tar software has an issue where the security check for hardlink entries uses different path resolution logic than the actual hardlink creation process. This discrepancy allows a malicious T...

node-tar is Vulnerable to Arbitrary File Overwrite and Symlink Poisoning via Insufficient Path Sanitization

Summary 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 Overwrite via hardlinks and...

EUVD-2015-3248

Malware in sbrugna...

CVE-2025-6210 Hardlink-Based Path Traversal in run-llama/llama_index

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

CVE-2018-20990

An issue was discovered in the tar crate before 0.4.16 for Rust. Arbitrary file overwrite can occur via a symlink or hardlink in a TAR archive...

Code injection

Due to a hardlink created in the ProgramData folder during the repair process of the software, the installer MSI of WARP Client for Windows = 2022.12.582.0 allowed a malicious attacker to forge the destination of the hardlink and escalate privileges, overwriting SYSTEM protected files. As...

CVE-2023-0652 Local Privilege Escalation in Cloudflare WARP Installer (Windows)

Due to a hardlink created in the ProgramData folder during the repair process of the software, the installer MSI of WARP Client for Windows = 2022.12.582.0 allowed a malicious attacker to forge the destination of the hardlink and escalate privileges, overwriting SYSTEM protected files. As...

SUSE CVE-2011-3631

Hardlink before 0.1.2 has multiple integer overflows leading to heap-based buffer overflows because of the way string lengths concatenation is done in the calculation of the required memory space to be used. A remote attacker could provide a specially-crafted directory tree and trick the local us...