CVE-2026-19672 (GCVE-0-2026-19672)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-19 15:24
Modified
2026-08-27 19:41
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
The tarfile module's tar and data
extraction filters created directories outside the destination for
members whose name leaves the destination and returns to it, such as ../evil/../dest/sub/file. The containment check used the resolved path, but intermediate directories were created from the name as given.
Only
empty directories are created outside the destination. Member contents
are still extracted inside it. To return to the destination the member's
name must contain the destination directory's own final component, so
extraction into a secure randomised directory is not affected.
This affects POSIX platforms only. On Windows, .. components are collapsed before the path reaches the filesystem, so the directories outside the destination are never created.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation | CPython |
Version: 0 |
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Nomenclature
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