BIT-python-2007-4559

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Import Source
https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/python/BIT-python-2007-4559.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-python-2007-4559
Aliases
Published
2026-02-03T16:04:06.884Z
Modified
2026-02-03T17:55:55.534686Z
Summary
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Details

Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

Database specific 
{
    "cpes": [
        "cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "Critical"
}
References

Affected packages

Bitnami / python

Package

Name
python
Purl
pkg:bitnami/python

Severity

  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.16
Introduced
3.7.0
Fixed
3.8.17
Introduced
3.9.0
Fixed
3.9.17
Introduced
3.10.0
Fixed
3.10.12
Introduced
3.11.0
Fixed
3.11.4

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/python/BIT-python-2007-4559.json"