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GHSA-m8xw-9x5x-6vh3: py7zr directory traversal vulnerability
A directory traversal vulnerability in the SevenZipFile.extractall() function of the python library py7zr v0.20.0 and earlier allows attackers to write arbitrary files via extracting a crafted 7z file.
py7zr directory traversal vulnerability
High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 6, 2022 • Updated Dec 6, 2022
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Ubuntu Security Notice 7030-1 - It was discovered that py7zr was vulnerable to path traversal attacks. If a user or automated system were tricked into extracting a specially crafted 7z archive, an attacker could possibly use this issue to write arbitrary files outside the target directory on the host.
Debian Linux Security Advisory 5652-1 - A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in py7zr, a library and command-line utility to process 7zip archives.
A directory traversal vulnerability in the SevenZipFile.extractall() function of the python library py7zr versions 0.20.0 and earlier allows attackers to read arbitrary files on the local machine via a malicious 7z file extraction.
A directory traversal vulnerability in the SevenZipFile.extractall() function of the python library py7zr v0.20.0 and earlier allows attackers to write arbitrary files via extracting a crafted 7z file.