CVE-2026-82049

NameCVE-2026-82049
DescriptionIn CPython 3.13 and earlier, the tarfile module's data and tar extraction filters are vulnerable to crafted archives containing a hard link to a symbolic link. Such archives may cause extraction to modify the permissions or modification time of a file outside the destination directory, or expose the contents of that file within the extracted tree.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pypy3 (PTS)bookworm7.3.11+dfsg-2+deb12u3vulnerable
trixie7.3.19+dfsg-2vulnerable
forky, sid7.3.23+dfsg-2vulnerable
python3.11 (PTS)bookworm3.11.2-6+deb12u8vulnerable
bookworm (security)3.11.2-6+deb12u3vulnerable
python3.13 (PTS)trixie3.13.5-2+deb13u5vulnerable
forky, sid3.13.15-1vulnerable
python3.14 (PTS)forky3.14.7-3vulnerable
sid3.14.7-4vulnerable
python3.15 (PTS)forky3.15.0~rc2-1vulnerable
sid3.15.0~rc2-2vulnerable

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pypy3source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.11source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.13source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.14source(unstable)(unfixed)
python3.15source(unstable)(unfixed)

Notes

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/157190
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/157191
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/157262 (3.15)
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/157261 (3.14)
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/157192 (3.13)
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b8f23e307097552eaea2604383a12ab280520d0d (3.13 branch)
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/157454 (3.12)
check, only impacts 3.13 and below, but pull requests are open as well for newer versions

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