CVE-2026-29509

A flaw was found in Patool. A remote attacker could exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function by providing a specially crafted archive. This vulnerability arises because a helper function uses an insecure comparison method, allowing malicious paths to bypass security...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-29509

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12,...

Directory Traversal

Overview patool is a portable archive file manager Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python versions before 3.12, due to the use of os.path.commonprefix for character-level string...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-29509

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

CVE-2026-29509

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-29509

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

CVE-2026-29509

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

CVE-2026-29509

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

EUVD-2026-39879

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

CVE-2026-29509 Patool < 4.0.5 Path Traversal via safe_extract() Function

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

CVE-2026-29509 Patool < 4.0.5 Path Traversal via safe_extract() Function

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

CVE-2026-29509

Patool before 4.0.5 is vulnerable to a path traversal in the safe_extract() function (patoolib/programs/py_tarfile.py). The is_within_directory() helper uses character-level comparison via os.path.commonprefix(), not path-level checks, allowing a crafted archive member path to bypass containment ...

CVE-2026-29509 Patool < 4.0.5 Path Traversal via safe_extract() Function

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

CVE-2026-29509

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...

PT-2026-52897

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Patool versions prior to 4.0.5 Description A path traversal issue exists in the safe extract function within patoolib/programs/py tarfile.py when used with Python versions before 3.12. The is within directory helper function utilizes...

CVE-2026-29509: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Patool before 4.0.5 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the safeextract function in patoolib/programs/pytarfile.py when running on Python before 3.12, where the iswithindirectory helper uses os.path.commonprefix for character-level string comparison instead of path-level comparison, allowi...