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CVE-2007-4559

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 28, 2007 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPython

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 27%
SSVC
PoC

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Python· Python
95%
v < 3.6.163.10.0 ≤ v < 3.10.123.11.0 ≤ v < 3.11.43.7.0 ≤ v < 3.8.173.9.0 ≤ v < 3.9.17
Affected range stops below 3.10.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.11.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.6.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.8.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 3.9.17, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (12)

Mailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074290.html
Mailing ListExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2007-August/074292.html
Third Party AdvisoryBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/26623
VDB EntryBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022
Issue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
Vendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCAutomatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

9.8CRITICALCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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