Link Following Affecting python-docs package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.61% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PYTHONDOCS-17365637
  • published17 Jun 2026
  • disclosed4 Jun 2026

Introduced: 4 Jun 2026

NewCVE-2026-7774  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 python-docs.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-docs package and not the python-docs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

tarfile.data_filter could be bypassed using crafted link entries, including symlinks with empty or directory-like names, to redirect later archive members outside the intended extraction directory. This allowed a malicious tar archive to cause tarfile.extractall() to write files outside the destination directory, subject to the permissions of the extracting process.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1