Description
qbee transport is a remote access transport protocol implementation. Prior to 1.26.25, the extractTar routine uses strictly lexical path validation that does not account for on-disk symlinks created earlier in the extraction process. A crafted tar archive can use a symlink chain to write or overwrite files one directory level above the intended extraction path. When qbee-agent performs the extraction with root privileges, this permits a root-privileged file write outside the intended destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.26.25.
Published: 2026-09-15
Score: 6 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-f9m7-vc86-p6jj go.qbee.io/transport: Symlink-chain path traversal in tar extraction (one level outside destination)
History

Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:30:00 +0000

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Description qbee transport is a remote access transport protocol implementation. Prior to 1.26.25, the extractTar routine uses strictly lexical path validation that does not account for on-disk symlinks created earlier in the extraction process. A crafted tar archive can use a symlink chain to write or overwrite files one directory level above the intended extraction path. When qbee-agent performs the extraction with root privileges, this permits a root-privileged file write outside the intended destination. This issue is fixed in version 1.26.25.
Title qbee transport: Symlink-chain path traversal in tar extraction (one level outside destination)
Weaknesses CWE-22
CWE-59
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-15T15:14:52.244Z

Reserved: 2026-06-17T16:29:38.864Z

Link: CVE-2026-55828

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-15T16:17:16.367

Modified: 2026-09-15T16:17:16.367

Link: CVE-2026-55828

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Weaknesses
  • CWE-22

    Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

  • CWE-59

    Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')