CVE-2025-4330

HIGH

Python TarFile < - Path Traversal

Title source: llm

Description

Allows the extraction filter to be ignored, allowing symlink targets to point outside the destination directory, and the modification of some file metadata. You are affected by this vulnerability if using the tarfile module to extract untrusted tar archives using TarFile.extractall() or TarFile.extract() using the filter= parameter with a value of "data" or "tar". See the tarfile extraction filters documentation https://docs.python.org/3/library/tarfile.html#tarfile-extraction-filter  for more information. Note that for Python 3.14 or later the default value of filter= changed from "no filtering" to `"data", so if you are relying on this new default behavior then your usage is also affected. Note that none of these vulnerabilities significantly affect the installation of source distributions which are tar archives as source distributions already allow arbitrary code execution during the build process. However when evaluating source distributions it's important to avoid installing source distributions with suspicious links.

Exploits (1)

github WORKING POC
by 0xDTC · pythonpoc
https://github.com/0xDTC/CVE-2025-4517-tarfile-PATH_MAX-bypass

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0101
EPSS Percentile 77.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (7)
Python Software Foundation/CPython < 3.10.18
Python Software Foundation/CPython < 3.9.23
Python Software Foundation/CPython 3.10.0 - 3.10.18
Python Software Foundation/CPython 3.11.0 - 3.11.13
Python Software Foundation/CPython 3.12.0 - 3.12.11
Python Software Foundation/CPython 3.13.0 - 3.13.4
Python Software Foundation/CPython 3.14.0a1 - 3.14.0b3
Published Jun 03, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026