CVE-2026-4360

Publication date 30 June 2026

Last updated 28 October 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.3 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

In the Tarfile.extract() function, the filter parameter is not passed properly when extracting hardlinks. An affected system that extracts content from untrusted tar files could end up writing files with an unexpected uid/gid despite the user passing filter='data' to the extract() function.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python2.7 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
python3.4 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
python3.5 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
python3.6 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
python3.7 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
python3.8 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
python3.9 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
python3.10 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed in 3.10.12-1~22.04.18
python3.11 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
python3.12 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Not in release
24.04 LTS noble
Fixed in 3.12.3-1ubuntu0.17
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
python3.13 26.10 stonking Not in release
26.04 LTS resolute Not in release
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
python3.14 26.10 stonking
Not affected
26.04 LTS resolute
Fixed in 3.14.4-1ubuntu0.2
25.10 questing Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:

Base score 2.0 · Low

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

Base score 5.3 · Medium

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-8744-1
    • Python vulnerabilities
    • 10 September 2026

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