Path Traversal

Python tarfile module is vulnerable to Path Traversal. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of file paths during extraction with TarFile.extractall or TarFile.extract when using the filter="data" or filter="tar" parameter, which allows an attacker to craft a malicious tar archive that...

SUSE CVE-2025-4138

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

SUSE CVE-2025-4330

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

CVE-2025-4517

A flaw was found in the CPython tarfile module. This vulnerability allows arbitrary filesystem writes outside the extraction directory via extracting untrusted tar archives using the TarFile.extractall or TarFile.extract methods with the extraction filter parameter set to "data" or "tar"...

CVE-2024-12718

A flaw was found in CPython's tarfile module. This vulnerability allows modification of file metadata, such as timestamps or permissions, outside the intended extraction directory via maliciously crafted tar archives using the filter="data" or filter="tar" extraction filters. Mitigation Mitigatio...

CVE-2025-4435

A flaw was found in CPython's tarfile module. This vulnerability allows unauthorized file extraction via crafted tar archives when TarFile.errorlevel=0, bypassing expected filtering mechanisms. Mitigation Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not...

CVE-2025-4517

Allows arbitrary filesystem writes outside the extraction directory during extraction with filter="data". You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or TarFile.extract using the filter= parameter with a value of...

CVE-2025-4330

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

CVE-2025-4138

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

CVE-2024-12718

Allows modifying some file metadata e.g. last modified with filter="data" or file permissions chmod with filter="tar" of files outside the extraction directory. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

ALPINE-CVE-2025-4138

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-4138

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

CVE-2024-12718

Allows modifying some file metadata e.g. last modified with filter="data" or file permissions chmod with filter="tar" of files outside the extraction directory. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

CVE-2024-12718 Bypass extraction filter to modify file metadata outside extraction directory

Allows modifying some file metadata e.g. last modified with filter="data" or file permissions chmod with filter="tar" of files outside the extraction directory. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

CVE-2024-12718 Bypass extraction filter to modify file metadata outside extraction directory

Allows modifying some file metadata e.g. last modified with filter="data" or file permissions chmod with filter="tar" of files outside the extraction directory. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

PSF-2025-5

Allows modifying some file metadata e.g. last modified with filter="data" or file permissions chmod with filter="tar" of files outside the extraction directory. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

CVE-2024-12718 Bypass extraction filter to modify file metadata outside extraction directory

Allows modifying some file metadata e.g. last modified with filter="data" or file permissions chmod with filter="tar" of files outside the extraction directory. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

Directory Traversal

Overview Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Directory Traversal via TarFile.extractall and TarFile.extract functions in the tarfile module when using the filter parameter set to data or tar. An attacker can gain unauthorised access to files outside the intended extraction directo...

CVE-2025-4138

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...

CVE-2025-4138 Bypassing extraction filter to create symlinks to arbitrary targets outside extraction directory

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall or...