What is CVE-2026-79699?

CVE-2026-79699 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-09-15.

How severe is CVE-2026-79699?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2

CVE-2026-79699

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.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vdb-entry)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, issue-tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-79699?: CVE-2026-79699 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2026-09-15.
How severe is CVE-2026-79699?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.