Vulnerability in tar
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A vulnerability tracked as DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5704 has been found in tar.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "tar DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5704" on the vendor's site.
DEBIAN-CVE-2026-5704 (tar)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in tar.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of tar.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'tar' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1
Identify exposureidentify
grep -r 'tar' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
tarを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2
Post-deployment verificationverify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
| Package | Affected → Fixed | |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11tar |
All versions→ Not listed |
Not listed |
| Debian:12tar |
All versions→ Not listed |
Not listed |
| Debian:13tar |
All versions→ Not listed |
Not listed |
| Debian:14tar |
All versions→ Not listed |
Not listed |
This record does not list fixed versions. Check the article or the vendor advisory in the references for whether and where it is fixed.
Original description The description as published by the source.
A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files onto a system without detection.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org