MEDIUM 4.5 NVD
CVE-2026-79705
A flaw was found in the buildah/copier Go package. When used outside of Buildah by a non-root caller, a crafted tar archive containing malicious symlinks can es
A flaw was found in the buildah/copier Go package. When used outside of Buildah by a non-root caller, a crafted tar archive containing malicious symlinks can escape the target extraction directory and create files outside the intended destination. Buildah itself uses chroot hardening and is not affected.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79705
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523419
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.5 was published on 2026-09-15 via NVD.
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