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Moderate severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 29, 2026· Updated Jul 29, 2026

Penelope unsafe tar extraction allows arbitrary local file write via crafted session archive

CVE-2026-50558

Description

Penelope Shell Handler is a post-exploitation shell handler for authorized security testing. Prior to 0.20.0, the Unix download() implementation in penelope.py used tar.extractall(local_download_folder) on tar archives returned by remote sessions without validating member paths, allowing a malicious or compromised session to write files outside the intended download directory and potentially overwrite ~/.penelope/peneloperc. This issue is fixed in version 0.20.0.

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PackageAffected versionsPatched versions
penelope-shell-handlerPyPI
< 0.20.00.20.0

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