Rocky Linux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: python3.11 / python3.11-debug / python3.11-devel / python3.11-idle / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1787043977)

The Rocky Linux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1787043977 advisory. - When loading a plist file, the plistlib module reads data in size specified by the file itself, meaning a malicious file can cau...

CentOS Linux 8.4 [TuxCare] Security Update: platform-python / platform-python-debug / platform-python-devel / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (CENTOS8.4:CLSA-2026:1787647818)

The CentOS Linux 8.4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the TuxCare CENTOS8.4:CLSA-2026:1787647818 advisory. - When using the configparser module to write configuration files containing multi-line text values with carriage return characters ...

AlmaLinux 9.6 [TuxCare] Security Update: python-unversioned-command / python3 / python3-debug / etc (ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1788769322)

The AlmaLinux 9.6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the TuxCare ALMALINUX9.6:CLSA-2026:1788769322 advisory. - tarfile.extractall with the 'data' or 'tar' filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink references a symlink stored at a...

CVE-2026-11940

A flaw was found in the tarfile.extractall function within Python. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted archive. This archive could bypass security filters by using a hardlink that references a symlink, allowing the symlink to be recreated outside th...

BIT-PYTHON-2026-11940 tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory

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 hardlink's shallower...

BIT-PYTHON-MIN-2026-11940 tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory

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 hardlink's shallower...

python: cpython: CPython: tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory

A flaw was found in the tarfile.extractall function within Python. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing a specially crafted archive. This archive could bypass security filters by using a hardlink that references a symlink, allowing the symlink to be recreated outside th...

SUSE CVE-2026-11940

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 hardlink's shallower...

EUVD-2026-38490

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 hardlink's shallower...

CVE-2026-11940 tarfile extraction filter bypass allows escaping the destination directory

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 hardlink's shallower...