CVE-2026-91094
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Directory Traversal in dpkg-source via Quilt Symlinks

Publication date: 2026-11-13

Last updated on: 2026-11-13

Assigner: Debian GNU/Linux

Description
A directory traversal bug was discovered when unpacking 3.0 (quilt) source packages, where the packaging tarball could contain the quilt database directory (.pc) with attacker controlled symlinks, where that in combination with patches that would fail to apply, could be used to make the code used to restore the backup files to either modify or remove the files pointed to by the attacker controlled symlinks.

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Published
2026-11-13
Last Modified
2026-11-13
Generated
2026-11-13
EPSS Evaluated
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NVD
CVE-2026-91094
EUVD
EUVD-2026-125338

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Debian dpkg From 0 (inc) to 1.23.12 (exc)

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CWE-UNKNOWN

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