CVE-2026-114583
tar filter allows writing outside destination via empty-named symlink
02 Description
tar filter allows writing outside destination via empty-named symlink
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.22% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 13.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.9 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/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/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-27.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-22 20:57Z6 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-27 00:36Z2 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-21
- Assigning CNA
- PSF
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- e2342d73843bc4a91977a9f8bedea6020b0a0c21028b1cc59cf2d6c02b3d7d4b
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/pull/160098
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/issues/160097
- mail.python.orghttps://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/43JOWPRAV5DI3VZ4FUEUAZOHCATXXOCK/
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0901ad4ffb22605f12b705d1c1197f0a01f0ba0b
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c6ada40177436e4e2533a7b252082b5f0c043477
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e7e0b3523ad6ba8472873dda594cf4021a16f8b5
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/04d8fca7da2cf3ebc0881fec8a53a1330c3b665d
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/bc93f8ad4c4a0f92d184ec8fccc8ff8a651dcec2
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f4401da82e2baec5dab06cf070fbca77d53220f0
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- jython No fix yet
- pypy3 No fix yet
- python3.11 No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- jython No fix yet
- pypy3 No fix yet
- python3.13 No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- jython No fix yet
- pypy3 No fix yet
- python3.13 No fix yet
- python3.14 No fix yet
- python3.15 No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- python3.10 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- python3.12 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- python3.14 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- python3.14 No fix yet
- python3.15 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.4 No fix yet
- python3.5 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.5 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.6 No fix yet
- python3.7 No fix yet
- python3.8 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.8 No fix yet
- python3.9 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.11 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.