๐Ÿ›ก๏ธ CVE-2026-42496
๐Ÿ”ด CVSS 9.1 โ€” Critical โœ… No Known Exploit CWE-59 NVD
9.1
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. _make_special_file() passes the tar header's linkname to symlink() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments. The secure-extract mode check that guards regular file extraction does not cover the symlink target. A subsequent open through the extracted name reads or writes the attacker chosen path.

Details

Severity CRITICAL
CVSS Score 9.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE CWE-59
Public Exploit โœ… No
Source NVD
Published 2026-05-26
Updated 2026-06-02
Modified 2026-05-28

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
\ โ€” 3.08
unknown โ€” โ€”

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