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🛡️ CVE-2026-7774 — libpython

🟡 CVSS 5.0 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
5.0
CVSS Score
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Description

tarfile.data_filter path traversal bypass allows writing outside the extraction directory

tarfile.data_filter could be bypassed using crafted link entries, including symlinks with empty or directory-like names, to redirect later archive members outside the intended extraction directory. This allowed a malicious tar archive to cause tarfile.extractall() to write files outside the destination directory, subject to the permissions of the extracting process.

Affected software

CVE-2026-7774 is recorded against 4 packages.

  • libpython
  • python
  • python-min
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 8 June 2026 and last revised on 19 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 5.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-06-08
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-19
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
libpython
python
python-min
unknown

References

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