CVE-2026-87910 — tarfile hardlink fallback ignores custom extraction filter rejection via None
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 …
Published: 2026-09-11 · CVSS: 5.7 · CVSS 4.0
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.
Source: CVE Program · Revision 8b16575c39f1e1810c5e863010da073d2d3285e7