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RHSA-2025:10136

python3.9 security update

Released 2025-07-01 · Red Hat rating Important · View on Red Hat →

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Fixes 5 records

Priority MEDIUM 51

Allows arbitrary filesystem writes outside the extraction directory during extraction with filter="data".

CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.4 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.0148 Published 2025-06-03 Fixed in 3.9.23, 3.10.18 +4 CWE-22
Priority MEDIUM 41

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00971 Published 2025-06-03 Partial fix · 3.9.23, 3.10.18 +4 CWE-22
Priority MEDIUM 40

When using a TarFile.errorlevel = 0 and extracting with a filter the documented behavior is that any filtered members would be skipped and not extracted.

CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5 Network No auth No interaction EPSS 0.00616 Published 2025-06-03 Fixed in 3.9.23, 3.10.18 +4 CWE-682