MEDIUM 4.8 NVD
CVE-2026-124584
A vulnerability has been found in wummel patool 4.1.0. This vulnerability affects the function extract_gzip of the file patoolib/fileutil.py of the component Gz
A vulnerability has been found in wummel patool 4.1.0. This vulnerability affects the function extract_gzip of the file patoolib/fileutil.py of the component Gzip Extraction Handler. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The researcher claims to have submitted a GHSA on the repository of the project.
References
- https://github.com/wummel/patool/
- https://github.com/wummel/patool/security/advisories/GHSA-p24m-wf3f-3mf5
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-124584
- https://vuldb.com/submit/1038992
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/433008
This medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.8 was published on 2026-11-09 via NVD.
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