CVE-2026-4360
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
2.0
VIR risk
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Description
In the Tarfile.extract() function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks. An affected system that extracts content from untrusted tar files could end up writing files with an unexpected uid/gid despite the user passing filter='data' to the extract() function.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/151987
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/151988
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/TWZW2PC2AZOV6FENIHFSRC63OM7MBGSB/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5e0ef3f1afe892e4f64eb83368db57ac4c40cba0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7b57e8d51446297b8c7c482d224bc5f1938e4301
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7ccdbaba2c54250a70d7f25632152df7655a5e0a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/eee3ddf0ca10283cc7fea724aae9cd8665f8d15e
CWEs
CWE-281
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.