What is CVE-2026-79705?

CVE-2026-79705 is a security advisory published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) with Medium severity. Podman: buildah: buildah/copier: directory escape via crafted tar symlinks when used outside buildah by non-root callers

Which CVE IDs does CVE-2026-79705 cover?

CVE-2026-79705 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-79705. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of CVE-2026-79705?

CVE-2026-79705 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.5, published by Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC).

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-79705?

CVE-2026-79705 affects 1 product, including: azl3 libcontainers-common 20240213-3 on Azure Linux 3.0.

CVE-2026-79705MediumCVSS 4.5

Podman: buildah: buildah/copier: directory escape via crafted tar symlinks when used outside buildah by non-root callers

Vendor

Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC)

Published

September 19, 2026

Last Modified

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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-79705 →

🎯 Affected products1

azl3 libcontainers-common 20240213-3 on Azure Linux 3.0

✅ Remediation

Security Update

🔗 References (2)

advisoryhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-79705
patchhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-linux/tutorial-azure-linux-upgrade