CVE-2026-124584

medium

Description

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://vuldb.com/vuln/433008/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/433008

https://vuldb.com/submit/1038992

https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-124584

https://github.com/wummel/patool/security/advisories/GHSA-p24m-wf3f-3mf5

https://github.com/wummel/patool/

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-119881

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-11-09

Updated: 2026-11-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00138