CVE-2026-79699 | BDVDB-2026-373713 Detail

Red HatRed Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

Description#

A flaw was found in the containers/storage library. A crafted tar archive containing a malicious whiteout header (e.g. victim/.wh.) can cause the extraction destination directory to be replaced with an arbitrary file when processed by storage/pkg/archive.UnpackLayer, ApplyLayer, or ApplyUncompressedLayer.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact none, integrity impact low, availability impact low. Attack vector: local.

Weaknesses#

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12026-09-15Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22026-11-06Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2026-09-15
Last modified: 2026-11-06

Vendor information

Vendor: Red Hat
Product: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

All Red Hat vulnerabilities

Score

4.4 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 6.7.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

No version data in the source record.

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

4.4 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	Low
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity	Low
Availability	Low

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).