{"id":"CVE-2026-79824","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-79824","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:28:54.215Z","title":"A directory traversal vulnerability in HPE NonStop Python 3.x could allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a ..","description":"A directory traversal vulnerability in HPE NonStop Python 3.x could allow  attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive.","published":"2026-10-15T10:17:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T16:23:06.000Z","status":"Awaiting Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"security-alert@hpe.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-30"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00339,"percentile":0.27151,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[{"date":"2026-10-15","score":0.00483,"percentile":0.40181}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-15T10:17:15.000Z","detail":{"score":"8.0","severity":"HIGH","publishedAt":"2026-10-15T10:17:15.483Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.0)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbns05148en_us&docLocale=en_US","source":"security-alert@hpe.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-79824","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}