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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.

  • Published: Aug 28, 2007
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2007-4559
  • Severity: Critical
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Critical
  • Score: 9.8
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.8
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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python / python 3.10.0 3.10.12
python / python 3.9.0 3.9.17
python / python 3.7.0 3.8.17
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python / python 3.11.0 3.11.4