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[3.15] gh-149486: tarfile.data_filter: validate written link target (GH-149487) ...
authorMiss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com>
Mon, 11 May 2026 09:57:32 +0000 (11:57 +0200)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>
Mon, 11 May 2026 09:57:32 +0000 (11:57 +0200)
commit5cf47a248c35c375d610b87b2f72fd1ed454b558
treee2c48fd9ac95896112e134c98320554dff731b34
parent73c80cb859589ef9e5871c30b17c951a44a26e33
[3.15] gh-149486: tarfile.data_filter: validate written link target (GH-149487) (GH-149553)

gh-149486: tarfile.data_filter: validate written link target (GH-149487)

The data filter rewrote linknames with normpath() but ran the
containment check against the un-normalised value, and computed a
symlink's directory before stripping trailing slashes.  Both let a
crafted archive create links pointing outside the destination.  Also
reject link members that resolve to the destination directory itself,
which could otherwise replace it with a symlink and redirect all
subsequent members.

(cherry picked from commit 578411982c16f753f4893532510099ef665117da)

Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <greg@krypto.org>
Lib/tarfile.py
Lib/test/test_tarfile.py
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