CVE-2026-42496

A flaw was found in perl-Archive-Tar. Versions before 3.08 for Perl are vulnerable to a path traversal issue. An attacker can craft a malicious tar archive containing symlinks with targets outside the intended extraction directory. This vulnerability allows the attacker to read or write to arbitrary files on the system, leading to potential information disclosure or data corruption.

This is an Important vulnerability in perl-Archive-Tar that allows for arbitrary file access due to a path traversal flaw when extracting specially crafted tar archives. An attacker could exploit this by creating a malicious archive containing symlinks that point outside the intended extraction directory, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure or data corruption on the system. This risk is elevated in environments where untrusted archives are processed.

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Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.