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🛡️ CVE-2026-4360 on Ubuntu — python2.7

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

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.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2026-4360 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package python2.7. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity low, availability none.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: None.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-4360 is recorded against 12 packages.

  • python2.7
  • python3.10
  • python3.11
  • python3.12
  • python3.13
  • python3.14
  • python3.4
  • python3.5
  • python3.6
  • python3.7
  • python3.8
  • python3.9

Timeline and source

Published on 30 June 2026 and last revised on 27 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
mail.python.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

python2.7 has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-06-30
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-27
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
python2.7
python3.10
python3.11
python3.12
python3.13
python3.14
python3.4
python3.5
python3.6
python3.7
python3.8
python3.9

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