Medium severity4.4NVD Advisory· Published Nov 9, 2026· Updated Nov 9, 2026
CVE-2026-124584
CVE-2026-124584
Description
A vulnerability has been found in wummel patool 4.1.0. This vulnerability affects the function extract_gzip of the file patoolib/fileutil.py of the component Gzip Extraction Handler. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The researcher claims to have submitted a GHSA on the repository of the project.
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