CVE-2026-79699Patch

LOWCVSS 4.4 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

Patch affected systems immediately

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

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0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Other references

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-59

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

Patch or workaround signal is available
1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

Patch or workaround mentioned in 1 signal
1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d

Signal classification1 categories

Patch

1100.0%

Referenced assets2 URLs

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Full discourse1 post

Podman@Podman_io46d
Patch
Two more Podman releases dropped! Podman v6.1.2 (https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v6.1.2) and v5.8.7 (https://github.com/podman-container-tools/podman/releases/tag/v5.8.7). Both address 3 CVEs: CVE-2025-11395, CVE-2026-79699, and CVE-2026-79705. #podman #opensource
Post summary
The announcement details the release of Podman v6.1.2 and v5.8.7, explicitly stating these versions patch three specific CVEs. The primary focus is the availability of the fixed versions.
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