CVE-2026-87910

Publication date 14 September 2026

Last updated 14 September 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

When tarfile extracts a link on a system that doesn't support links, it falls back to extracting a member from the archive. In this case, the filter function is run twice: once for the extracted member, and once with name set to the location of the link. For one of the calls, the return value was ignored. Instead, the member should be skipped if either call returns None.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
pypy3 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
python2.7 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
python3.4 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
python3.5 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation
14.04 LTS trusty
Needs evaluation
python3.6 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
python3.7 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
python3.8 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
python3.9 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Needs evaluation
python3.10 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
python3.11 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Needs evaluation
python3.12 26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Needs evaluation
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
python3.14 26.04 LTS resolute
Needs evaluation
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v4.0

Base score 5.7 · Medium

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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