Busybox: busybox: arbitrary file modification and privilege escalation via unvalidated tar archive entries (Red Hat Red Hat Hardened Images)

CVE-2026-26158
HIGH 7.0

En bref

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.19 % · centile 9 ()
État
PUBLISHED
Publiée
Mise à jour
Attribuée par
redhat
Statut NVD
Deferred

Description

A flaw was found in BusyBox. This vulnerability allows an attacker to modify files outside of the intended extraction directory by crafting a malicious tar archive containing unvalidated hardlink or symlink entries. If the tar archive is extracted with elevated privileges, this flaw can lead to privilege escalation, enabling an attacker to gain unauthorized access to critical system files.

Faiblesses (CWE)

  • CWE-73 — External Control of File Name or Path

Références

Scores

VersionScoreVecteurÉvalué par
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hredhat-SADP
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · secalert@redhat.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 0b0ca135-0b70-47e7-9f44-1890c2a1c46c (Secondary)

Références européennes

Avis du CERT-FR

Produits affectés

ProduitVersions
Red Hat · Red Hat Hardened Imagesunaffected 1.37.0-7.2.hum1 < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD