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🛡️ CVE-2026-18508 — enterprise-linux

🟡 CVSS 4.4 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-59 NVD
4.4
CVSS Score
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Description

A flaw was found in GNU tar. When extracting an archive with the --one-top-level option, hardlink targets are not confined to the designated top-level directory and may resolve relative to the extraction working directory. A crafted archive can create hardlinks that escape the intended boundary and, when combined with a preexisting symbolic link under the working directory, may allow writing outside that boundary during a single extraction.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-18508 is classified as CWE-59: Link Following. The software follows symbolic or hard links without verifying their target, so a planted link can redirect an operation to a sensitive file.

Affected software

CVE-2026-18508 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • enterprise-linux
  • openshift-container-platform
  • tar

Timeline and source

Published on 3 August 2026 and last revised on 18 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

access.redhat.com
access.redhat.com
bugzilla.redhat.com

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Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-59: Link Following) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 4.4
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-03
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-18
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
enterprise-linux
openshift-container-platform
tar

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