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CVE-2026-18477

CVE Details​

Visit the official vulnerability details page for CVE-2026-18477 to learn more.

Initial Publication​

08/03/2026

Last Update​

09/22/2026

Third Party Dependency​

tar

NIST CVE Summary​

A TOCTOU (Time-of-Check Time-of-Use) vulnerability in GNU tar's incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows a local attacker with write access to a directory being backed up to influence the restore process if the attacker has access to the system where the restore is being performed. During restoration, files or directories may be created, renamed or overwritten outside the intended extraction directory. This could lead to unauthorized file modification or, in some cases, privilege escalation. Exploitation does not require the attacker to modify or craft the archive, and standard backup and restore workflows—including extracting into a newly created directory without using the -P option do not mitigate the issue.

CVE Severity​

4.4

Our Official Summary​

Investigation is ongoing to determine how this vulnerability affects our products.

Status​

Modified

Affected Products & Versions​

VersionPaletteAIPaletteAI VerteX
1.4.0⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
1.3.2⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted
1.2.2⚠️ Impacted⚠️ Impacted

Revision History​

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