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DEBIAN-CVE-2026-105712

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)...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 gnupg2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:13 gnupg2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}]

Debian:14 gnupg2

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"2.4.9-8"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org