Description
A flaw was found in sos clean, a utility within the sos package. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to perform arbitrary file creation or overwrite. By crafting a malicious tar archive, an attacker can exploit a path traversal issue during tar extraction, where symlink and hardlink targets are not properly validated. This enables the attacker to write files to arbitrary locations on the system with the privileges of the sos clean process, which often runs as root.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | — | — |
| Red Hat | Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | — | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | sos | 4.12.0-2 | — |
| Debian 13 | sos | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | sos | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | sos | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | sosreport | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | sosreport | No fix yet | — |
Show 4 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | sosreport | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | sosreport | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | sosreport | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS | sosreport | No fix yet | — |
Rocky Linux
Errata ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux 9 | sos +1 | 4.11.2-7.el9_9 | RLSA-2026:97867 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | sos | 4.6.1-3 | — |
Advisories 2
- RLSA-2026:97867 Important: sos security, bug fix, and enhancement update Rocky Linux Security Advisories · Nov 13, 2026
- WID-SEC-2026-4472 Red Hat Enterprise Linux (python-jwcrypto, sos, hickory-resolver, libimobiledevice, gcc, python-oauthlib): Mehrere Schwachstellen BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 12, 2026
References
- RHSA-2026:97867 vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2026:98076 vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-79655 vdb-entry
- RHBZ#2523363 issue-tracking
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/4460
- https://github.com/sosreport/sos/pull/4461