Incorrect Execution-Assigned Permissions Affecting python-test package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.27% (20th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-PYTHONTEST-18454902
  • published30 Jul 2026
  • disclosed30 Jun 2026

Introduced: 30 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-4360  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-279  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 python-test.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-test package and not the python-test package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Tarfile.extract() function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks. An affected system that extracts content from untrusted tar files could end up writing files with an unexpected uid/gid despite the user passing filter='data' to the extract() function.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1