Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package python3-devel  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-PYTHON3DEVEL-20989782
  • published16 Oct 2026
  • disclosed15 Oct 2026

Introduced: 15 Oct 2026

NewCVE-2026-79824  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3-devel package and not the python3-devel package as distributed by RHEL.

A directory traversal vulnerability in HPE NonStop Python 3.x could allow  attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive.