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openSUSE Tumbleweed Tar Moderate Update CVE-2026-5704 Advisory 2026-11125-1

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An update for tar-1.35-8.1 on openSUSE Tumbleweed resolves a moderate security issue related to CVE-2026-5704.
An update that solves one vulnerability can now be installed.

Description

These are all security issues fixed in the tar-1.35-8.1 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate system access tar OpenSUSE CVE-2026-5704

Patch

Package List

* openSUSE Tumbleweed:

* tar 1.35-8.1

* tar-backup-scripts 1.35-8.1

* tar-doc 1.35-8.1

* tar-lang 1.35-8.1

* tar-rmt 1.35-8.1

* tar-tests 1.35-8.1

References

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5704.html

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:11125-1
Rating: moderate
Affected Products: * openSUSE Tumbleweed

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate system access tar OpenSUSE CVE-2026-5704

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