{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "text": "High" }, "category": "csaf_vex", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "TuxCare License Agreement", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Cloud Linux Inc. and provide a link to the original.", "title": "Terms of Use" } ], "publisher": { "category": "vendor", "contact_details": "https://tuxcare.com/contact/", "name": "TuxCare", "namespace": "https://tuxcare.com/" }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://security.tuxcare.com/csaf/v2/els_os/oraclelinux6els/vex/2026/cve-2026-26960-els_os-oraclelinux6els.json" } ], "tracking": { "current_release_date": "2026-03-03T22:23:39Z", "generator": { "date": "2026-03-03T22:23:39Z", "engine": { "name": "pyCSAF" } }, "id": "CVE-2026-26960-ELS_OS-ORACLELINUX6ELS", "initial_release_date": "2026-02-20T02:16:00Z", "revision_history": [ { "date": "2026-02-20T02:16:00Z", "number": "1", "summary": "Initial version" }, { "date": "2026-02-27T07:30:51Z", "number": "2", "summary": "Official Publication" }, { "date": "2026-03-03T22:23:39Z", "number": "3", "summary": "Update document" } ], "status": "final", "version": "3" }, "title": "Security update on CVE-2026-26960" }, "product_tree": { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_name", "name": "Oracle Linux 6", "product": { "name": "Oracle Linux 6", "product_id": "Oracle-Linux-6", "product_identification_helper": { "cpe": "cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" } } } ], "category": "product_family", "name": "Oracle Linux" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "Oracle Corporation" }, { "branches": [ { "branches": [ { "category": "product_version", "name": "tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product": { "name": "tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_id": "tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "product_identification_helper": { "purl": "pkg:rpm/tuxcare/tar@1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1?arch=x86_64&epoch=2" } } } ], "category": "architecture", "name": "x86_64" } ], "category": "vendor", "name": "TuxCare" } ], "relationships": [ { "category": "default_component_of", "full_product_name": { "name": "tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64 as a component of Oracle Linux 6", "product_id": "Oracle-Linux-6:tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" }, "product_reference": "tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64", "relates_to_product_reference": "Oracle-Linux-6" } ] }, "vulnerabilities": [ { "cve": "CVE-2026-26960", "cwe": { "id": "CWE-22", "name": "Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')" }, "notes": [ { "category": "description", "text": "node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. When using default options in versions 7.5.7 and below, an attacker-controlled archive can create a hardlink inside the extraction directory that points to a file outside the extraction root, enabling arbitrary file read and write as the extracting user. Severity is high because the primitive bypasses path protections and turns archive extraction into a direct filesystem access primitive. This issue has been fixed in version 7.5.8.", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" }, { "category": "other", "text": "TuxCare has assessed that this vulnerability does not impact any currently supported TuxCare products. This evaluation may change as new information becomes available. For additional details regarding this vulnerability and affected products, refer to the provided references.", "title": "Statement" } ], "product_status": { "known_not_affected": [ "Oracle-Linux-6:tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://cve.tuxcare.com/els/cve/CVE-2026-26960" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/2cb1120bcefe28d7ecc719b41441ade59c52e384", "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/2cb1120bcefe28d7ecc719b41441ade59c52e384" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/d18e4e1f846f4ddddc153b0f536a19c050e7499f", "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/commit/d18e4e1f846f4ddddc153b0f536a19c050e7499f" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-83g3-92jg-28cx", "url": "https://github.com/isaacs/node-tar/security/advisories/GHSA-83g3-92jg-28cx" } ], "release_date": "2026-02-20T02:16:00Z", "scores": [ { "cvss_v3": { "attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "baseScore": 7.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "REQUIRED", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N", "version": "3.1" }, "products": [ "Oracle-Linux-6:tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Important" }, { "category": "impact", "details": "Not affected: CVE-2026-26960 targets the Node.js “tar” (node-tar) npm package (versions 7.5.7 and below) and its extract() defaults; it does not apply to the GNU tar utility (e.g., tar 1.23). The vulnerable code path exists only within Node.js applications that import node-tar to extract archives, so the operating-system tar tooling on Linux VMs/servers is outside the affected scope.", "product_ids": [ "Oracle-Linux-6:tar-2:1.23-15.el6_8.tuxcare.els1.x86_64" ] } ] } ] }