CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-55828

MediumCVSS 6.0
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.38%

29th percentile - higher than 29% of all known CVEs

Summary

qbee transport prior to 1.26.25 has a vulnerability in the extractTar routine that uses strictly lexical path validation without accounting for on-disk symlinks created earlier. A crafted tar archive can use a symlink chain to write files one directory level above the intended extraction path, and with root privileges permits a root-privileged file write outside the intended destination.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience unauthorized file writes with root privileges, potentially leading to system compromise or modification of critical files.

Recommendation

Upgrade qbee transport to version 1.26.25 or later and implement secure archive extraction that accounts for symbolic links.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS