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CVE-2026-35592: pyload-ng: Incomplete Tar Path Traversal Fix in UnTar._safe_extractall via os.path.commonprefix Bypass

April 8, 2026

The _safe_extractall() function in src/pyload/plugins/extractors/UnTar.py uses os.path.commonprefix() for its path traversal check, which performs character-level string comparison rather than path-level comparison. This allows a specially crafted tar archive to write files outside the intended extraction directory. The correct function os.path.commonpath() was added to the codebase in the GHSA-7g4m-8hx2-4qh3 fix (commit 5f4f0fa) but was never applied to _safe_extractall(), making this an incomplete fix.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mvwx-582f-56r7
  • github.com/pyload/pyload
  • github.com/pyload/pyload/security/advisories/GHSA-mvwx-582f-56r7
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-35592

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.5.0b3.dev97

Fixed versions

  • 0.5.0b3.dev97

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.5.0b3.dev97 or above.

Impact 5.3 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

pypi/pyload-ng/CVE-2026-35592.yml

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