VulnerabilityReceived
CVE-2026-87910
When tarfile extracts a link on a system that doesn't support links, it falls back to extracting a member from the archive.
MEDIUM 5.7EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
When tarfile extracts a link on a system that doesn't support links, it falls back to extracting a member from the archive. In this case, the filter function is run twice: once for the extracted member, and once with name set to the location of the link. For one of the calls, the return value was ignored. Instead, the member should be skipped if either call returns None.
- CVSS 4.0
- 5.7 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22, CWE-59
- Source
- cna@python.org
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d9565e54b1fc6d63c5be9afd58114499128fa57b
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fb2f0bbc3b35264f09cc2cb2934b7987527a6bc2
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/157265
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/157266
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/57TBTLL2W6APMZR3A25B2YV7GL3EPTDJ/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/09/11/8
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.