Detections
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MiracleLinux 9 : tar-1.34-13.el9_8 (AXSA:2026-1733:03)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 342414
Synopsis
The remote MiracleLinux host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote MiracleLinux 9 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the AXSA:2026-1733:03 advisory.* tar: tar: Hidden file injection via crafted archives (CVE-2026-5704)
* tar: tar: TOCTOU in incremental dumpdir 'X' rename handling allows restore path escape (CVE-2026-18477)
* tar: tar: --one-top-level hardlink targets not confined to top-level directory enabling arbitrary file overwrite (CVE-2026-18508) Bug Fix(es) and Enhancement(s):
* tar: --one-top-level with absolute path fails [rhel-9] (JIRA:RHEL-144021)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the MiracleLinux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected tar package.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 342414
File Name: miracle_linux_AXSA-2026-1733.nasl
Version: 1.1
Type: Local
Published: 9/2/2026
Updated: 9/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3
Percentile: 23.62
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Moderate
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-5704
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:miracle:linux:9, p-cpe:/a:miracle:linux:tar
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/MiracleLinux/release, Host/MiracleLinux/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2026
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/6/2026