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CVE-2025-4138 Bypassing extraction filter to create symlinks to arbitrary targets outside extraction directory

🗓️ 03 Jun 2025 12:59:02Reported by GoogleType 
osv
 osv🔗 osv.dev👁 7 Views

CVE-2025-4138 allows symlink targets outside directories, impacting tarfile module extractions.

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15 Jul 2026 01:49Current
7.2High risk
Vulners AI Score7.2
CVSS 3.17.5
EPSS0.01149
cve-2025-4138tarfile moduleextraction filterssymlink targetsfile metadatapython 3.14
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