High Severity Vulnerability
This vulnerability has been rated as High severity. Immediate action is recommended.
CVE-2025-4435
HighVulnerability Description
When using a TarFile.errorlevel = 0 and extracting with a filter the documented behavior is that any filtered members would be skipped and not extracted. However the actual behavior of TarFile.errorlevel = 0 in affected versions is that the member would still be extracted and not skipped.
CVSS Metrics
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Vector String:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CPUAPR2026
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2026
CPUOCT2025
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2025
2025-Jun-CVE-2025-4435
CVE-2025-4435: Tarfile extracts filtered members when errorlevel=0
CVE-2025-4435
CVE-2025-4435
References & Resources
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/19de092debb3d7e832e5672cc2f7b788d35951dacna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/28463dba112af719df1e8b0391c46787ad756dd9cna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3612d8f51741b11f36f8fb0494d79086bac9390acna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4633f3f497b1ff70e4a35b6fe2c907cbe2d4cb2ecna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9c1110ef6652687d7c55f590f909720eddde965acna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9e0ac76d96cf80b49055f6d6b9a6763fb9215c2acna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/aa9eb5f757ceff461e6e996f12c89e5d9b583b01cna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dd8f187d0746da151e0025c51680979ac5b4cfb1cna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/135034cna@python.org
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https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/135037cna@python.org
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https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/MAXIJJCUUMCL7ATZNDVEGGHUMQMUUKLG/cna@python.org
Severity Details
Weakness Type (CWE)
Incorrect Calculation
- Description
- The product performs a calculation that generates incorrect or unintended results that are later used in security-critical decisions or resource management.
- Exploit Likelihood
- High
- Typical Severity
- High
- Abstraction Level
- Pillar
Key Information
- Published Date
- June 03, 2025
