Severity:
CRITICAL RISK
(9.1)
Path Traversal via Symlink (CWE-59) in Archive::Tar
CVE-2026-42496
Modified
Vulnerability Type
Category:
Path Traversal / Symlink Handling
CWE:
CWE-59;CWE-22
Impact:
Arbitrary File Read/Write via Symlink Traversal
Severity:
CRITICAL RISK
(9.1)
CVSS Version:
3.1
Catch This CVE While Code Is Being Written
Detect vulnerable code directly in pull requests, so CVEs are fixed before merge.
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