CVE-2026-41140
HIGHDescription
Poetry is a dependency manager for Python. Prior to 2.3.4, the extractall() function in src/poetry/utils/helpers.py:410-426 extracts sdist tarballs without path traversal protection on Python versions where tarfile.data_filter is unavailable. Considering only Python versions which are still supported by Poetry, these are 3.10.0 - 3.10.12 and 3.11.0 - 3.11.4. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.3.4.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 25% of all known CVEs.
References
- https://github.com/python-poetry/poetry/security/advisories/GHSA-73h3-mf4w-8647
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:24866
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-41140
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2461604
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-41140.json
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Start freeThis product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-06-30.