Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 15, 2026· Updated Jul 15, 2026
Cornac < 2.6.0 Path Traversal via _extract_archive() in download.py
CVE-2026-43637
Description
Cornac before 2.6.0 contains a path traversal (Tar Slip) vulnerability that allows attackers to write arbitrary files outside the intended cache directory by supplying a crafted TAR archive containing ../ sequences, absolute paths, or symlink/hardlink entries to the _extract_archive() function in cornac/utils/download.py. Attackers can trigger this vulnerability through the built-in dataset loaders, which automatically download and extract archives, causing archive.extractall() to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem accessible to the running process.
Affected products
1- Range: <2.6.0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
4- github.com/PreferredAI/cornac/commit/8a50be72c11569b6747c6b96d6e31a0a1962f1a8mitrepatch
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/cornac-path-traversal-via-extract-archive-in-download-pymitrethird-party-advisory
- github.com/PreferredAI/cornac/pull/709mitreissue-tracking
- github.com/PreferredAI/cornac/releases/tag/v2.6.0mitrerelease-notes
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