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Medium · 6.3 CVE-2026-108119 EUVD-2026-95914GHSA-v87q-pcjw-34hc

Busybox: busybox: tar extraction-root escape via deferred symlink/hardlink creation bypasses cve-2026-26158 fix

Published Oct 9, 2026 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by redhat

Description

A flaw was found in busybox. The tar applet's deferred link-creation handling for symlink and hardlink entries with unsafe-looking targets does not validate that the resolved destination remains inside the extraction directory once the deferred link is created. An attacker can craft a tar archive using a symlink target of exactly '..' combined with a deferred hardlink to create a new file outside the extraction directory, or reuse an extraction directory across two archives to replace an existing file outside it. If the archive is extracted with elevated privileges, this flaw can lead to privilege escalation or arbitrary code execution.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images — —
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 busybox No fix yet —
Debian 13 busybox No fix yet —
Debian 12 busybox No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS busybox No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Hardened Images 1 busybox +2 1:1.37.0-9.4.hum1 RHSA-2026:81391
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed busybox 1.38.0-4.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:12376-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 busybox No fix yet —

Advisories 3

References