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openSUSE Tar Important File Injection Issues Fix Advisory 2026-21070-1

opensuse
Calendar Grey June 30, 2026
Dist Opensuse Esm H88
Fixes for 2 vulnerabilities and bug fixes for openSUSE's tar. Apply patches to enhance security immediately.
An update that solves 2 vulnerabilities and has 3 bug fixes can now be installed.

Description

This update for tar fixes the following issues

- CVE-2026-5704: crafted archives can be used to to hide file injection (bsc#1261900).

- Fix --dereference/-h not working properly after CVE-2025-45582 fix (bsc#1265450).

Patch instructions:

To install this openSUSE security update use the suse recommended installation methods

like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

- openSUSE Leap 16.0

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-Leap-16.0-1092=1

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update important tar OpenSUSE file injection

Patch

Package List

- openSUSE Leap 16.0:

tar-1.35-160000.4.1

tar-backup-scripts-1.35-160000.4.1

tar-doc-1.35-160000.4.1

tar-lang-1.35-160000.4.1

tar-rmt-1.35-160000.4.1

tar-tests-1.35-160000.4.1

References

* bsc#1261900

* bsc#1265450

* bsc#1267189

References:

* https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-45582.html

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

Severity
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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2026:21070-1
Rating: important
Affected Products: openSUSE Leap 16.0 -------------------------------------------------------------

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory update important tar OpenSUSE file injection

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