CVE Watchtower


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CVE-2026-11940NVD

Vulnerability Summary

tarfile.extractall() with the 'data' or 'tar'
filter could be bypassed by a crafted archive where a hardlink
references a symlink stored at a deeper name than the hardlink itself. 
The extraction fallback validated the symlink at it's archived location
but recreated it at the hardlink's shallower
path, letting a relative
target the filter judged contained escape the destination directory. 
This allowed a malicious tar archive to create a symlink pointing
outside the destination, enabling out-of-destination file reads or
writes. This was an incomplete fix of CVE-2025-4330.
Severity Level
UNKNOWN
Published Date
Jun 23, 2026
Last Modified
Jun 23, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
0.60%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
N/A