CVE-2026-79655: Sos: sos: path traversal in sos clean tar extraction via unvalidated symlink/hardlink targets leads to arbitrary file write

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CVSS Vector

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

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Patch Tuesday

2026-Aug

Released

2026-08-29

Last Updated

2026-10-07

EPSS Score

0.21% (percentile: 11.0%)

Affected Products (1)

Other

• 21764-17084

Revision History

• 2026-08-29: Information published.
• 2026-09-05: Information published.
• 2026-09-25: Information published.
• 2026-10-05: Information published.
• 2026-10-07: Information published.