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7.8 HighCWE-22
CVE-2026-11940

tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory

Python Software FoundationCPython

Status
  • Not in CISA KEV
  • Vendor fix available
Exploit probabilityEPSSchecked 25 Oct
0.8%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

Higher than 55% of scored CVEs

SeverityCVSS
7.8High

Description NVD

tarfile.extractall() with the 'data' or 'tar' filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower path, letting a relative target the filter judged contained escape the destination directory. This allowed a malicious tar archive to create a symlink pointing outside the destination, enabling out-of-destination file reads or writes. This was an incomplete fix of CVE-2025-4330.

Coverage 1 article · 1 outlet

First in our coverage: SecurityOnline, 28 JunRSS feed
  1. CVE-2026-11940: Python tarfile flaw lets directory escapeSecurityOnline · first in our coverage

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