CVE-2026-79699EPSS p6.0%

CVE-2026-79699CVE-2026-79699

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.

Scoring

CVSS 4.4 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
EPSS0.17% probability of exploitation · percentile 6.0% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-10-02
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.