Medium [CVE-2026-53600] Tar entry/content smuggling via PAX extension-header desynchronization
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-53600.
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Summary
Tar entry/content smuggling via PAX extension-header desynchronization. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 5.3).
Weakness: CWE-1286.
Affected versions
No affected-version range was extracted from the source record. The vendor advisory is authoritative — check it before change work.
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 0.6.1. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 1 hour ago·verify at source
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