7.8

CVE-2026-11940

tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory

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.
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HerstellerPython Software Foundation
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Produkt CPython
Default Statusunaffected
Version 0
Version < 3.15.0
Status affected
VulnDex Vulnerability Enrichment
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.61% 0.449
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
cna@python.org 7.8 0 0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/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
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/151559
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/LD6QIISNQFQYOIEPJNEUIPV7S3V76FZH/
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/151558
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/27dd970bf6b17ebca7c8ed486a40ab043ed7af8f
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/672825e2f36a57e173959b0d9d409d4560dab8df
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/771d12dda5140313db0ac550292987975651bbde
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/79c06bd5c6afa3c440d50faf7ee1b147c8832b4c
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/be13e86f6b9788a6f4d0419dffef72cbae5865c9