CVE-2026-105712

low

gpgtar in GnuPG before 2.5.19 can allow file overwrite via crafted data in an archive.

gpgtar in GnuPG before 2.5.19 can allow file overwrite via crafted data in an archive. When extracting an untrusted archive with --directory (aka -C) into an existing directory containing a pre-existing symlink, gpgtar can follow that symlink and create or overwrite a file outside the selected extraction directory. The write is limited by the extraction user's filesystem permissions. An archive extracted into a fresh empty directory does not have this risk.

CVSS

3.6

3.6 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (cve@mitre.org)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-10-05 19:17

Modified: 2026-10-06 16:00

NVD status: Awaiting Analysis

Last synced 3 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:57 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-61

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/gpg/gnupg/commit/7a2692fe5e580ae3bbb2a47abc4baaf1af65aa88 cve@mitre.org
https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2026q2/000504.html cve@mitre.org
https://static.dev.gnupg.org/T8159.html cve@mitre.org

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:57 UTC · record ↗

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