CVE-2026-79699

Name	CVE-2026-79699
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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
golang-github-containers-storage (PTS)	bookworm	1.43.0+ds1-8	vulnerable
	trixie	1.57.2+ds1-1	vulnerable
	forky, sid	1.64.0-1	vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
golang-github-containers-storage	source	(unstable)	(unfixed)

Notes

[trixie] - golang-github-containers-storage <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bookworm] - golang-github-containers-storage <postponed> (Limited support, minor issue)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2523408