CVE-2025-4138 | BDVDB-2026-280848 Detail
Python Software FoundationCPython
Description#
Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall() or TarFile.extract() using the filter= parameter with a value of "data" or "tar". See the tarfile extraction filters documentation https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfile.html#tarfile-extraction-filter for more information. Note that for Python 3.14 or later the default value of filter= changed from "no filtering" to `"data", so if you are relying on this new default behavior then your usage is also affected. Note that none of these vulnerabilities significantly affect the installation of source distributions which are tar archives as source distributions already allow arbitrary code execution during the build process. However when evaluating source distributions it's important to avoid installing source distributions with suspicious links.
Impact#
Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact none, availability impact none. Attack vector: network.
Weaknesses#
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
References#
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/135034
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/135037
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/MAXIJJCUUMCL7ATZNDVEGGHUMQMUUKLG/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3612d8f51741b11f36f8fb0494d79086bac9390a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9e0ac76d96cf80b49055f6d6b9a6763fb9215c2a
- https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/52398e33eff261329a0180ac1d54f42f
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/19de092debb3d7e832e5672cc2f7b788d35951da
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/aa9eb5f757ceff461e6e996f12c89e5d9b583b01
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/28463dba112af719df1e8b0391c46787ad756dd9
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4633f3f497b1ff70e4a35b6fe2c907cbe2d4cb2e
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9c1110ef6652687d7c55f590f909720eddde965a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dd8f187d0746da151e0025c51680979ac5b4cfb1
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.