USN-7989-1

Pengo Wray discovered that The Internet Archive Python Library incorrectly handled certain file paths when downloading files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files to arbitrary locations on the file system.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / python-internetarchive

Package

Name: python-internetarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-internetarchive@1.9.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.9.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

1.*

1.8.1-1

1.8.5-1

1.9.0-2

1.9.0-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "internetarchive"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.0-3ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-internetarchive"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-58438"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7989-1.json"

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / python-internetarchive

Package

Name: python-internetarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-internetarchive@1.9.9-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.9.9-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.9-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.9-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "internetarchive"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.9-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-internetarchive"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-58438"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7989-1.json"

Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS / python-internetarchive

Package

Name: python-internetarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-internetarchive@3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/noble

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

3.*

3.3.0-1

3.5.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "internetarchive"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.5.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "python3-internetarchive"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:24.04:LTS",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-58438"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7989-1.json"

Ubuntu:25.10 / python-internetarchive

Package

Name: python-internetarchive
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/python-internetarchive@5.4.0-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=questing

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

5.4.0-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

5.*

5.2.1-1

5.3.1-1

5.4.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "internetarchive"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "5.4.0-1ubuntu0.1",
            "binary_name": "python3-internetarchive"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V4"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2025-58438"
        }
    ]
}

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-7989-1.json"