MEDIUMCVSS 4.4
CVE-2026-79699
CVE-2026-79699 updated by NVD
Summary
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.
References
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