FlashAttention through 2.8.3.post1, fixed in commit 0816ef1, contains a symlink attack vulnerability in the downloadandcopy() function within hopper/setup.py that extracts NVIDIA toolchain archives without validating symlinks or filtering tar members. A local attacker can pre-plant a symlink in the predictable cache directory to redirect extracted binaries to an attacker-chosen location, enabling arbitrary file write with victim privileges during build time.
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"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-59"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/62xxx/CVE-2026-62239.json",
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck"
}