CVE-2026-4360

Public on 2026-06-30
Modified on 2026-07-03
Description
In the Tarfile.extract() function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks. An affected system that extracts content from untrusted tar files could end up writing files with an unexpected uid/gid despite the user passing filter='data' to the extract() function.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python3 Pending Fix
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 2.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N