Symlink Attack Affecting bbot package, versions [,3.0.0)
Threat Intelligence
The probability is the direct output of the EPSS model, and conveys an overall sense of the threat of exploitation in the wild. The percentile measures the EPSS probability relative to all known EPSS scores. Note: This data is updated daily, relying on the latest available EPSS model version. Check out the EPSS documentation for more details.
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- published8 Jul 2026
- disclosed8 Jul 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 8 Jul 2026
CVE-2026-14966 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade bbot to version 3.0.0 or higher.
Overview
bbot is an OSINT automation for hackers.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Symlink Attack in the unarchive process when extracting zip or 7z archives containing symlink entries with a DOS-attribute prefix before the unix mode, as produced by legacy versions of p7zip. An attacker can plant arbitrary symlinks in the extraction directory by providing a specially crafted archive. This is only exploitable if the host uses a legacy p7zip build that produces such archives; current mainline 7-Zip is not affected.