#VU124070 External Control of File Name or Path in python-libarchive - CVE-2024-55587
Published: March 17, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU124070
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2024-55587
CWE-ID: CWE-73
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
python-libarchive
python-libarchive
Software vendor:
SmartFile
SmartFile
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite files on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly validate filenames when extracting files within the extract() and extractall() methods in zip.py. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and write file to arbitrary directories on the system using directory traversal characters.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.