Description
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.
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 4.4 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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History

Tue, 10 Nov 2026 23:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Red Hat
Red Hat enterprise Linux
Red Hat red Hat Quay 3
Redhat hardened Images
Redhat openshift Container Platform
Redhat openshift Dev Spaces
Redhat openshift Virtualization
Redhat quay 3
Redhat red Hat Quay 3
Vendors & Products Red Hat
Red Hat enterprise Linux
Red Hat red Hat Quay 3
Redhat hardened Images
Redhat openshift Container Platform
Redhat openshift Dev Spaces
Redhat openshift Virtualization
Redhat quay 3
Redhat red Hat Quay 3

Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Low


Tue, 15 Sep 2026 16:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Podman: buildah: skopeo: containers/storage: malicious tar whiteout header allows replacement of extraction destination directory
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
Redhat container Native Virtualization
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Redhat openshift Devspaces
Redhat quay
Weaknesses CWE-59
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:ansible_automation_platform:2
cpe:/a:redhat:container_native_virtualization:4
cpe:/a:redhat:hummingbird:1
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4
cpe:/a:redhat:openshift_devspaces:3
cpe:/a:redhat:quay:3
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat ansible Automation Platform
Redhat container Native Virtualization
Redhat enterprise Linux
Redhat hummingbird
Redhat openshift
Redhat openshift Devspaces
Redhat quay
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L'}


Subscriptions

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Red Hat Quay 3
Redhat Ansible Automation Platform Container Native Virtualization Enterprise Linux Hardened Images Hummingbird Openshift Openshift Container Platform Openshift Dev Spaces Openshift Devspaces Openshift Virtualization Quay Quay 3 Red Hat Quay 3
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-06T19:43:04.367Z

Reserved: 2026-08-25T12:24:09.488Z

Link: CVE-2026-79699

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-17T18:29:53.895Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-09-15T17:17:27.083

Modified: 2026-11-06T20:17:26.187

Link: CVE-2026-79699

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2026-09-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-79699 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-11-10T22:45:02Z

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