CVE-2025-45582
It was discovered that tar incorrectly handled symlinks when extracting archives. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Improper handling of symlinks when extracting archives could allow file overwriting.
- Who is affected
- Users of the tar utility.
- Urgency
- Remediation is important to prevent potential file overwriting attacks.
- Action
- Update tar to the latest version.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.43% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 35% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- unknownUSN-8510-1: tar vulnerabilityubuntu · 2026-07-06
- medium[UPDATE] [medium] Red Hat Enterprise Linux: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-02
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