CVE-2026-18477: Tar: tar: toctou in incremental dumpdir 'x' rename handling allows restore path escape

Overview

Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.4)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Exploit Status
Not Exploited
Patch Tuesday
2026-Aug
Released
2026-08-07
EPSS Score
0.10% (percentile: 1.2%)

Affected Products (1)

Open Source Software

  • azl3 tar 1.35-2 on Azure Linux 3.0

Revision History

  • 2026-08-07: Information published.