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Python Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2026-3087 - Vulnerability Database
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Python Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability - CVE-2026-3087

High
Reference: CVE-2026-3087
NVD Link: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-3087
Title: Python Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path Traversal) Vulnerability
Overview:

If shutil.unpack_archive() is given a ZIP archive with an absolute Windows path containing a drive (C:...) then the archive will be extracted outside the target directory which is different than other operating systems. Only Windows is affected by this vulnerability.