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HIGHCVE-2026-42497Published Modified CNA CPANSec

CVE-2026-42497: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the extraction directory

Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the extraction directory. _make_special_file() passes the tar header's linkname to link() without validating it against absolute paths or .. segments, creating a hardlink that shares the victim file's inode. A subsequent write through the extracted name modifies the victim file, and the post-extraction chmod, chown, and utime block in _extract_file() (guarded only against symlinks via -l) applies the tar header's mode, owner, and timestamps to the shared inode during extraction alone.

Metrics

CVSS v3.1
7.5
Severity
HIGH
Fixed in
3.08
Affected Products
1

Fix available

3.08
Patch commits
Affected packages
  • BINGOS / Archive::Tar
    < 3.08 (from 0)
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N