vetkit.py.path-traversal.tar-extractall
A tar archive is extracted with extractall() without a safety filter. Crafted member names or links (../, absolute paths) can write files outside the target directory.
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A tar archive is extracted with extractall() without a safety filter. Crafted member names or links (../, absolute paths) can write files outside the target directory.
Category: SECURITY · Engine rule severity: WARNING
How to fix it
Pass filter="data" to extractall() (Python 3.12+, backported to security releases), or validate each member path and link target before extracting.
References
Source: packages/engine/rules/sast/python.yml.
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