ALPINE-CVE-2026-79699

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Source
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2026-79699
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-79699.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/ALPINE-CVE-2026-79699
Upstream
  • CVE-2026-79699
Published
2026-09-15T17:17:27Z
Modified
2026-11-03T06:33:06Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

A flaw was found in the containers/storage library. A crafted tar archive containing a malicious whiteout header (e.g. victim/.wh.) can cause the extraction destination directory to be replaced with an arbitrary file when processed by storage/pkg/archive.UnpackLayer, ApplyLayer, or ApplyUncompressedLayer.

References

Affected packages

Alpine:v3.24 / podman

Package

Name
podman
Purl
pkg:apk/alpine/podman?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
5.8.8-r0

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/alpine/ALPINE-CVE-2026-79699.json"