RLSA-2026:70390

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Source
https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2026:70390
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:70390.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/RLSA-2026:70390
Upstream
CVE (4)
  • CVE-2025-45582
  • CVE-2026-18477
  • CVE-2026-18508
  • CVE-2026-5704
Published
2026-09-24T06:01:09Z
Modified
2026-09-24T06:30:02Z
Severity
  • 5.6 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator
Summary
Moderate: tar security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Details

The GNU tar program can save multiple files in an archive and restore files from an archive.

Security Fix(es):

  • tar: Tar path traversal (CVE-2025-45582)

  • tar: tar: Hidden file injection via crafted archives (CVE-2026-5704)

  • tar: tar: TOCTOU in incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows restore path escape (CVE-2026-18477)

  • tar: tar: --one-top-level hardlink targets not confined to top-level directory enabling arbitrary file overwrite (CVE-2026-18508)

Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):

  • tar: --one-top-level with absolute path fails [rhel-8.10.z] (JIRA:Rocky Linux-144019)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Database specific 
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    "source_advisory":  "RHSA-2026:70390"
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References
Credits
    • Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation
    • Red Hat

Affected packages

Rocky Linux:8 / tar

Package

Name
tar
Purl
pkg:rpm/rocky-linux/tar?distro=rocky-linux-8&epoch=2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2:1.30-13.el8_10
Database specific
Show details 
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    "yum_repository":  "BaseOS"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/resf-osv-data/RLSA-2026:70390.json"