Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Hardened Images RPMs bug fix and enhancement update

Fixed packages 1

Vulnerabilities 1

• Medium 5.0
  CVE-2026-5704

  Tar: tar: hidden file injection via crafted archives

  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 a…

  Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Linux Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Wolfi
  Apr 6, 2026

References

• article
  https://images.redhat.com/
• report
  https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5704
• article
  https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/
• advisory
  https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2026/rhsa-2026_66514.json
• report
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455360
• advisory
  https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5704
• advisory
  https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5704