Bug 2547430 (CVE-2026-41958)

Summary: CVE-2026-41958 visidata: visidata: Arbitrary file write via path traversal in RemoteZipFile extraction
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A flaw was found in VisiData. This path traversal vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform arbitrary file writes on the host system. By convincing a user to process a specially crafted URL pointing to a malicious ZIP archive, an attacker can extract files outside the intended destination directory and potentially overwrite critical files.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-07 13:03:52 UTC 
A path traversal vulnerability exists in the unzip_http RemoteZipFile extract functionality of VisiData (version(s): dev (commit 38b21f78)). A specially crafted .zip file can lead to arbitrary file write. An attacker can provide a crafted URL to trigger this vulnerability.