Link Following Affecting gnupg2-smime package, versions <0:2.4.9-18.1.hum1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-GNUPG2SMIME-20566470
  • published8 Oct 2026
  • disclosed5 Oct 2026

Introduced: 5 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-105712  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:10 gnupg2-smime to version 0:2.4.9-18.1.hum1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2026:77484.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream gnupg2-smime package and not the gnupg2-smime package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1