CVE-2025-4435 Affecting python-psutil package, versions <0:5.8.0-4.module+el8.9.0+1357+a3b80af7


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.59% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHONPSUTIL-14533821
  • published19 Dec 2025
  • disclosed3 Jun 2025

Introduced: 3 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-4435  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python-psutil to version 0:5.8.0-4.module+el8.9.0+1357+a3b80af7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:23530.

NVD Description

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

When using a TarFile.errorlevel = 0 and extracting with a filter the documented behavior is that any filtered members would be skipped and not extracted. However the actual behavior of TarFile.errorlevel = 0 in affected versions is that the member would still be extracted and not skipped.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1