Servers and applications
CVE-2007-4559
Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.
- Severity
- Critical 9.8
- Published
- 28 Aug 2007
- Last changed
- 16 Jun 2026
- Added to UpHeron
- 21 Oct 2026
- Fixed in
- 3.6.16, 3.8.17, 3.9.17, 3.10.12, 3.11.4
- Exploit chance
- 27% in the next 30 daysHigher than 98% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
- Weakness
- Path traversal (CWE-22)
- Attack
- Over the network · No login needed · No user action needed
- Attacker can
- Read data · Change data · Take it down
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H- Sources
- NVD
Affected software
| Software | Affected versions |
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PythonServers and applications · cpe:a:python:python |
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