Upstream information

CVE-2026-79699 at MITRE

Description

A flaw was found in the containers/storage library. A crafted tar archive containing a malicious whiteout header (e.g. victim/.wh.) can cause the extraction destination directory to be replaced with an arbitrary file when processed by storage/pkg/archive.UnpackLayer, ApplyLayer, or ApplyUncompressedLayer.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (Red Hat) SUSE
Base Score 4.4 4.4
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Local Local
Attack Complexity Low Low
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction Required Required
Scope Unchanged Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None None
Integrity Impact Low Low
Availability Impact Low Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 4.8
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Passive
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact Low
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1280694 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP7 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 skopeo Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 buildah Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 skopeo Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP4 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP4 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP5 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP5 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP6 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 skopeo Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 buildah Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 podman Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 skopeo Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 buildah Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 podman Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 skopeo Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 buildah Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 podman Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 skopeo Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 buildah Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 podman Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP1 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP1 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP2 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP2 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Containers 15 SP3 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 skopeo Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 buildah Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 podman Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 buildah Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 podman Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 skopeo Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 skopeo Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 buildah Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 buildah Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 skopeo Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 buildah Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 skopeo Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 buildah Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 skopeo Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 podman Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 skopeo Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun podman Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-Azure podman Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 podman Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GCE podman Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-GDC podman Affected
SLES-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud podman Affected
Container Status
rancher/elemental-teal-rt/5.4
rancher/elemental-teal/5.4
suse/sle-micro/5.5
podmanAffected
suse/sles/15.3/cdi-importer:1.37.1
suse/sles/15.4/cdi-importer:1.43.0
suse/sles/15.5/cdi-importer:1.55.0
skopeoAffected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Sep 16 13:08:53 2026
CVE page last modified: Wed Sep 16 13:08:53 2026