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Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

🗓️ 25 Sep 2020 07:00:00Reported by MicrosoftType 
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Tarfile extract/extractall traversal flaw overwrites files via dot dot in archives CVE-2001-1267

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28 Oct 2026 08:47Current
7.9High risk
Vulners AI Score7.9
CVSS 26.8
CVSS 3.19.8
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