CVE-2026-5704

MEDIUMPre-NVD 5.05.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.0 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-04-06. the CNA's CVSS baseline 5.0; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: cna:redhat, epss, ghsa
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
5.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.0Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files onto a system without detection.

CVSS v3
5.0
EG Score
5.0(medium)
EG Risk
23(Track)
EG Risk 23/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity50% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
30%
KEV
Not listed

Published

April 6, 2026

Last Modified

July 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
redhat

2455360 – (CVE-2026-5704) CVE-2026-5704 tar: tar: Hidden file injection via crafted archives

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455360
redhat Patch Available

cve-details

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-5704

Patch Availability(3)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntutar-scripts (1.29b-2ubuntu0.4+esm2) @ bionic2026-07-28ubuntu
ubuntutar-scripts (1.28-2.1ubuntu0.2+esm6) @ xenial2026-07-28ubuntu
ubuntutar-scripts (1.35+dfsg-3ubuntu0.3) @ noble2026-07-28ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

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Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-5704?
CVE-2026-5704 is a medium vulnerability published on April 6, 2026. A flaw was found in tar. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious archive, leading to hidden file injection with fully attacker-controlled content. This bypasses pre-extraction inspection mechanisms, potentially allowing an attacker to introduce malicious files…
When was CVE-2026-5704 disclosed?
CVE-2026-5704 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 6, 2026, with the most recent update on July 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-5704 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-5704 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 70.1% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-5704?
CVE-2026-5704 has a CVSS v4.0 base score of 5.0 (CNA self-assessment; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-5704?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-5704, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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