Vulnerability Details CVE-2026-42497
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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.0
EPSS Ranking 15.1%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v3 Score 7.5
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