CVE-2026-3087

medium

Description

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.

References

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/X6FXE5C6KDKOVNX3EC3DWD5RUPFWOZA4/

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/146591

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/146581

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/9

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-27

Updated: 2026-04-28

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6

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

Severity: Medium