What is CVE-2026-79655?

CVE-2026-79655 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with High severity. Sos: sos: path traversal in sos clean tar extraction via unvalidated symlink/hardlink targets leads to arbitrary file write

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2026-79655 cover?

CVE-2026-79655 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-79655. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2026-79655?

CVE-2026-79655 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-79655?

CVE-2026-79655 affects 1 product, including: azl3 sos 4.6.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0.

CVE-2026-79655HighCVSS 7.8

Sos: sos: path traversal in sos clean tar extraction via unvalidated symlink/hardlink targets leads to arbitrary file write

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

August 29, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-79655 →

🎯 Affected products1

azl3 sos 4.6.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

KBRelease Notes (Security Update) — fixed build 4.6.1-3

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-79655
referencehttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade