CVE-2026-50558

Penelope Shell Handler is a post-exploitation shell handler for authorized security testing. Prior to 0.20.0, the Unix download implementation in penelope.py used tar.extractalllocaldownloadfolder on tar archives returned by remote sessions without validating member paths, allowing a malicious or...

CVE-2026-47078

The CVE affects Erlang/OTP stdlib’s zip handling (lib/stdlib/src/zip.erl). zip:unzip/1,2 and zip:extract/1,2 validate entry paths with zip:check_dir_level/2, which tracks directory depth; while .. can decrement the counter and normal components increment it, a path like ../x/y may become negative...

Important: python3.14

Issue Overview: 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...

OESA-2026-2694 python3 security update

Python combines remarkable power with very clear syntax. It has modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types, and dynamic typing. There are interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems. New built-in modules are easily written in C or C...

MGASA-2026-0230 Updated perl-Archive-Tar package fixes security vulnerabilities

The updated package fixes security vulnerabilities: Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract symlinks with attacker controlled targets outside the extraction directory. CVE-2026-42496 Archive::Tar versions before 3.08 for Perl extract hardlinks to attacker controlled paths outside the...

CVE-2026-7774

tarfile.datafilter 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 to write files outside the...

CVE-2026-7774

tarfile.datafilter 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 to write files outside the...

PSF-2026-26

tarfile.datafilter 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 to write files outside the...

CVE-2026-7774

tarfile.datafilter 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 to write files outside the...

PT-2026-46262

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Python affected versions not specified Description The tarfile.data filter can be bypassed using crafted link entries, such as symlinks with empty or directory-like names. This allows a malicious tar archive to redirect subsequent archive...

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 : tar-fs vulnerabilities (USN-8367-1)

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-8367-1 advisory. It was discovered that tar-fs did not properly limit paths when extracting crafted tar files. An attacker could possibly use this iss...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-7774

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - tarfile.datafilter could be bypassed using crafted link entries, including symlinks with empty or directory-like names, to redirect later archive members outsid...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Python 3.11

It allows arbitrary file system writes outside the extraction directory during extraction with the filter="data" parameter. This vulnerability affects users who use the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using methods like TarFile.extractall or TarFile.extract, with the filter=...

CVE-2026-3087 shutil.unpack_archive() doesn't check for Windows absolute paths in ZIPs

If shutil.unpackarchive is given a ZIP archive with an absolute Windows path containing a drive C:\... then the archive will be extracted outside the target directory which is different than other operating systems. Only Windows is affected by this vulnerability...

CVE-2026-31802 node-tar Symlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.11, tar npm can be tricked into creating a symlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative symlink target such as C:../../../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x...

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-29786

node-tar is a full-featured Tar for Node.js. Prior to version 7.5.10, tar can be tricked into creating a hardlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative link target such as C:../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x extraction. Th...

CVE-2026-28453

OpenClaw versions prior to 2026.2.14 fail to validate TAR archive entry paths during extraction, allowing path traversal sequences to write files outside the intended directory. Attackers can craft malicious archives with traversal sequences like ../../ to write files outside extraction boundarie...

GHSA-QFFP-2RHF-9H96 tar has Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath

Summary tar npm can be tricked into creating a hardlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative link target such as C:../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x extraction. Details The extraction logic in UnpackSTRIPABSOLUTEPATH chec...

tar has Hardlink Path Traversal via Drive-Relative Linkpath

Summary tar npm can be tricked into creating a hardlink that points outside the extraction directory by using a drive-relative link target such as C:../target.txt, which enables file overwrite outside cwd during normal tar.x extraction. Details The extraction logic in UnpackSTRIPABSOLUTEPATH chec...

CVE-2026-1703

When pip is installing and extracting a maliciously crafted wheel archive, files may be extracted outside the installation directory. The path traversal is limited to prefixes of the installation directory, thus isn't able to inject or overwrite executable files in typical situations...