CVE-2026-105712: gpgtar in GnuPG before 2.5.19 can allow file overwrite via crafted data in an archive. When extracting an untrusted archive with --directory (aka -C) into an existing directory containing a pre-existing symlink, gpgtar can follow that symlink and create or overwrite a file outside the selected extraction directory. The write is limited by the extraction user's filesystem permissions. An archive extracted into a fresh empty directory does not have this risk.
Overview
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 3.6)
- CVSS Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:U
- Exploit Status
- Not Exploited
- Patch Tuesday
- 2026-Oct
- Released
- 2026-10-07
- EPSS Score
- 0.12% (percentile: 1.8%)
Affected Products (1)
Other
Revision History
- 2026-10-07: Information published.