HIGH 7.8 Microsoft
CVE-2026-79655
Sos: sos: path traversal in sos clean tar extraction via unvalidated symlink/hardlink targets leads to arbitrary file write
Microsoft Security Update 2026-Aug: Sos: sos: path traversal in sos clean tar extraction via unvalidated symlink/hardlink targets leads to arbitrary file write
Affected Products
- azl3 sos 4.6.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
References
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-79655
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79655
This high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 was published on 2026-08-11 via Microsoft. Affected: azl3 sos 4.6.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0.
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