Bug 2429956 - CVE-2025-4138 python3.9: Bypassing extraction filter to create symlinks to arbitrary targets outside extraction directory [fedora-42]
Summary: CVE-2025-4138 python3.9: Bypassing extraction filter to create symlinks to ar...
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python3.9
Version: 42
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
high
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Assignee: Python Maintainers
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Whiteboard: {"flaws": ["f7992344-16c7-489b-aa71-b...
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Blocks: CVE-2025-4138
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Reported: 2026-01-15 13:08 UTC by Avinash Hanwate
Modified: 2026-02-05 12:39 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-02-05 12:39:57 UTC
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Description Avinash Hanwate 2026-01-15 13:08:46 UTC
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Comment 1 Lumír Balhar 2026-02-05 12:39:57 UTC
The issue has already been fixed in the latest releases we have in all supported Fedora releases.


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