Advisory severityMedium4.5Red Hat Linux

Medium [CVE-2026-79705] Directory escape via crafted tar symlinks when used outside Buildah by non-root callers

This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-79705; related products: Red Hat Hardened Images, Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.

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CVE-2026-79705 Source published Sep 15, 2026Source updated Sep 15, 2026

VulniPulse record published Sep 15, 2026Record updated Oct 3, 2026

CVE-2026-79705

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Summary

Directory escape via crafted tar symlinks when used outside Buildah by non-root callers. Red Hat rates this moderate (CVSS 4.5).

Weakness: CWE-22. Red Hat lists fixing advisory RHSA-2026:74861 with package podman-main-6.1.3-1.hum1.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images; Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8; and 5 more.

Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9; Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4; Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces; Red Hat OpenShift Virtualization 4; and 1 more.

Affected versions

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Fixed versions

podman-main-6.1.3-1.hum1
RHSA-2026:74861

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Mitigation checklist

Recommended fix / mitigation

To mitigate this issue, users should ensure that `podman cp` operations are only performed against trusted Podman system service servers. Copying content from untrusted sources may expose the client to directory traversal vulnerabilities.

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