CVE-2007-4559: exploitation status and patch state

CVE-2007-4559 · CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL · EPSS 27%

Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

Is CVE-2007-4559 exploited?

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Is there a patch?

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KEV and EPSS are re-checked daily. Record last updated 2026-08-12.