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File and Path Handling
19 CVEs
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Every dot is a CVE in what this vendor ships; the named ones are the most at risk.
Every one of the 19 is a mark on the map. Named now: 1 to 19, most at risk first.
- An issue was discovered in Python 3.11 through 3.11.4. If a path containing '\0' bytes is passed to os.path.normpath(), the path will be truncated unexpectedly at the first '\0' b…
- Bypassing extraction filter to create symlinks to arbitrary targets outside extraction directory
- Arbitrary writes via tarfile realpath overflow
- Extraction filter bypass for linking outside extraction directory
- Bypass extraction filter to modify file metadata outside extraction directory
- tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory
- Default mimetype known files writeable on Windows
- Virtual environment (venv) activation scripts don't quote paths
- tarfile hardlink fallback ignores custom extraction filter rejection via None
- tarfile.data_filter path traversal bypass allows writing outside the extraction directory
- shutil.unpack_archive() doesn't check for Windows absolute paths in ZIPs
- tarfile extraction filter bypass allows creation of directories outside the destination
- Race condition in tempfile.TemporaryDirectory cleanup allows deleting files outside the temporary directory
- pkgutil.get_data() does not enforce documented restrictions
- tar filter allows writing outside destination via empty-named symlink
- tarfile extraction filters allow file modification and content disclosure via hard link to symlink
- tarfile: Skip DIRTYPE normalization during GNU LONGNAME/LONGLINK handling
- Possible to hijack modules in current working directory
- CPython >3.11 Insecure Input Validation resulting in privilege escalation
exploited in the wildcheck availableringed, named or not: CyberSIXT has reported on it
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Data as of 2026-11-14. CVE List through 2026-11-14 · EPSS of 2026-11-13 · CISA KEV checked 2026-11-14. Sources: the CVE List, CISA KEV, EPSS, NVD, nuclei templates and public bug bounty data.