CVE-2026-89091

A flaw exists in ansible-core where the archive extractor used in ansible-galaxy collection install validates member paths using lexical path normalization (os.path.abspath ) instead of resolving symbolic links (os.path.realpath ). Because the system performs no containment check on symlink-typed...

CVE-2026-89091 Ansible-core: ansible-core: ansible-galaxy collection install symlink path escape allows arbitrary file write / code execution

A flaw was found in ansible-core. When installing a collection with ansible-galaxy collection install, the archive extractor validates member paths using lexical path normalisation os.path.abspath instead of resolving symbolic links os.path.realpath, and it performs no containment check on...

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...