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ALPINE-CVE-2026-7774
tarfile.data_filter could be bypassed using crafted link entries, including symlinks with empty or directory-like names, to redirect later archive mem...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Alpine:v3.24
python3
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.14.7-r0"}]}]
References
- advisory security.alpinelinux.org