CVE-2026-114583: Vulnerability in Python Software Foundation CPython
Description
tarfile.tar_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() with filter="tar" to write files outside the destination directory, subject to the permissions of the extracting process. This is the tarfile.tar_filter counterpart of CVE-2026-7774, which covered tarfile.data_filter.
CVSS v4.0
Score 6.9medium
Affected software
Python Software Foundation
CPython
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Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- PSF
- Date Reserved
- 2026-10-21T18:58:26.985Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6ada7d174d27ba8daa7dc27c
Added to database: 10/22/2026, 21:16:07 UTC
Last updated: 10/22/2026, 21:16:07 UTC
Views: 1
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