CVE-2026-43637
CRITICALCornac < 2.6.0 Path Traversal via _extract_archive() in download.py
Title source: cnaDescription
Cornac before 2.6.0 contains a path traversal (Tar Slip) vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files outside the intended cache directory by supplying a crafted TAR archive containing ../ sequences, absolute paths, or symlink/hardlink entries to the _extract_archive() function in cornac/utils/download.py. Attackers can trigger this vulnerability through the built-in dataset loaders, which automatically download and extract archives, causing archive.extractall() to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem accessible to the running process.
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch patch
Patch Commit
https://github.com/PreferredAI/cornac/commit/8a50be72c11569b6747c6b96d6e31a0a1962f1a8
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cornac-path-traversal-via-extract-archive-in-download-py
Scores
CVSS v3
9.1
EPSS
0.0043
EPSS Percentile
34.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-22
Status
published
Products (1)
PreferredAI/cornac
< 2.6.0
Published
Jul 15, 2026
Tracked Since
Jul 15, 2026