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.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 5.3/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | < 3.10.21; >= 3.11.0, < 3.11.16; >= 3.12.0, < 3.12.14; >= 3.13.0, < 3.13.15; >= 3.14.0, < 3.14.7; >= 3.15.0a1, < 3.15.0b4 |
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0367912be336348b30572f8029cec4a282782d92
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5e0ef3f1afe892e4f64eb83368db57ac4c40cba0Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7b57e8d51446297b8c7c482d224bc5f1938e4301Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7ccdbaba2c54250a70d7f25632152df7655a5e0aPatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/cf23b9153181062150d061468b6d24af33fe214f
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d2b2f5eacab4dd48446b63340613b05dcbbf0b44Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/eee3ddf0ca10283cc7fea724aae9cd8665f8d15ePatch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/151987Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/151988Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/TWZW2PC2AZOV6FENIHFSRC63OM7MBGSB/Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 30, 2026
- Last modified
- Oct 25, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified