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...

Directory Traversal

Overview penelope-shell-handler is a Post-exploitation shell handler for authorized security testing Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal in the download process when extracting tar archives from a remote session without validating archive member paths. An...

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-2026-50558: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

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...

PT-2026-65830

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Penelope versions prior to 0.20.0 Description The Unix download implementation in penelope.py fails to validate member paths when extracting tar archives received from remote sessions. A malicious or compromised session can return a crafted ta...