Link Following Affecting podman package, versions <5.8.8-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.17% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE324-PODMAN-20267478
  • published30 Sept 2026
  • disclosed15 Sept 2026

Introduced: 15 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-79699  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.24 podman to version 5.8.8-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream podman package and not the podman package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.24 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1