[ALSA-2026:70390] Moderate: tar security, bug fix, and enhancement update
Type:
security
Severity:
moderate
Release date:
2026-09-23
Description:
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 [almalinux-8.10.z] (JIRA:AlmaLinux-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.
Updated packages listed below:
Architecture Package Checksum
aarch64 tar-1.30-13.el8_10.aarch64.rpm 2535acf17c8cc9ec3d5b7fd47ed46483190098231c60f0b4edf819cdffbd2fcb
ppc64le tar-1.30-13.el8_10.ppc64le.rpm 0dbbc9c49663aa34cf6122d1b799469edfc7bab830660b01618a72b7857ff99e
s390x tar-1.30-13.el8_10.s390x.rpm bf1adced51cc5aadccfef3d29453357442b279979e4a13b53fddd63993e05833
x86_64 tar-1.30-13.el8_10.x86_64.rpm 056181e5e2754670f54947c073694989385b4706860b976e2e0ed232e1ea8b1c
Notes:
This page is generated automatically from Red Hat security data and has not been checked for errors. For clarification or corrections please contact the AlmaLinux Packaging Team.