CVE-2026-4360: Tarfile.extract() doesn't fully respect filter parameter
Python Software Foundation · CPython
Vendor fix available · Affected: Python Software Foundation CPython · Exploitation: unlikely (under 1%)
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Higher than 42% of scored CVEs
DescriptionCVE.org
In the Tarfile.extract() function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks. An affected system that extracts content from untrusted tar files could end up writing files with an unexpected uid/gid despite the user passing filter='data' to the extract() function.
Affected products1
From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.
- Python Software Foundation · CPythonbefore 3.10.21; from 3.11.0 before 3.11.16; from 3.12.0 before 3.12.14; from 3.13.0 before 3.13.15; from 3.14.0 before 3.14.7; from 3.15.0a1 before 3.15.0b4
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- Exploitation
- Unlikely (under 1%). EPSS under 1%, or no score yet.
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Public check
- No public nuclei template
- Published
- June 2026
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