CVE-2026-7774
tarfile.data_filter path traversal bypass allows writing outside the extraction directory
At a glance
- Severity
- MEDIUM 6.9
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.60 % · percentile 48 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- PSF
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
tarfile.data_filter could be bypassed using crafted link entries, including symlinks with empty or directory-like names, to redirect later archive members outside the intended extraction directory. This allowed a malicious tar archive to cause tarfile.extractall() to write files outside the destination directory, subject to the permissions of the extracting process.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | PSF |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · cna@python.org (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-34282
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-7774
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0753 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Microsoft Azure · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0691 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans CPython · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation · CPython | affected 0 < 3.10.21 ; affected 3.11.0 < 3.11.16 ; affected 3.12.0 < 3.12.14 ; affected 3.13.0 < 3.13.14 ; affected 3.14.0 < 3.14.6 ; affected 3.15.0a1 < 3.15.0b2 |
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/149487
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/149486
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/4FU62L2M6RMMHT2QPGQNPEHHUND7CEX5/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0478bd83d82b255e0f29f613367a59d261e7eaa2
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0d28f5e46e151718972dfabd91205444d0037b6d
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/578411982c16f753f4893532510099ef665117da
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5cf47a248c35c375d610b87b2f72fd1ed454b558
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/74cca9a92fb7d653e404843a56b8bdc7b0afdbbf
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/10a13bee3c24f9c62b602e696334ff2272a40efc
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c063191cb7f9170f9565e305f8aa2b79ab2bf609
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/04/9
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |