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5.5Medium CVE-2026-5704 Gnu

A flaw was found in tar.

A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files onto a system without detection.

What happened

A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files onto a system without detection.

Does it affect you

Not enough information

No products recorded, so this cannot be matched against anything.

What to do

The vendor has not published remediation yet. We do not invent it.

Vendor's affected list

rhel
Exactly 6.0

Sources

A verdict here is derived from what you told us and what the vendor published. It is not an assessment of your environment. Why we never say you are safe.