CVSS 3.1
6.3 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NCVE-2026-124744
Busybox: cpio hardlink target not sanitized under feature_path_traversal_protection
Medium (6.3) in red hat.
A flaw was found in BusyBox. When extracting files using the cpio utility with path traversal protection enabled, hardlink target paths are not properly sanitized. By tricking a user or automated process into extracting a crafted archive, an attacker can create hardlinks that point to files outside the intended extraction directory. This issue may allow an attacker to modify or overwrite arbitrary files outside the target directory during subsequent extraction operations.
Severity
- CWE
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access (Link Following)
- OWASP Top 10
- A01:2025 Broken Access Control
- Published
- Assigned by
- redhat (CNA)
- NVD analysis
- Not in the NVD yet
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Affected
- red hat:red hat enterprise linux 6
- red hat:red hat hardened images
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
- CAPEC-17 Using Malicious Files Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-35 Leverage Executable Code in Non-Executable Files Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
- CAPEC-132 Symlink Attack Likelihood: Low · Severity: High
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