CVE-2026-11940

Public on 2026-06-23
Modified on 2026-06-25
Description
tarfile.extractall() with the 'data' or 'tar'
filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink
references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. 
The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location
but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower
path, letting a relative
target the filter judged contained escape the destination directory. 
This allowed a malicious tar archive to create a symlink pointing
outside the destination, enabling out-of-destination file reads or
writes. This was an incomplete fix of CVE-2025-4330.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python3 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.11 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.12 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.13 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.14 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.9 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Python3.8 Extra python38 No Fix Planned

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N