CVE•Published 2007-08-28•Modified 2026-04-23•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2007-4559Python · Python
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
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Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.
Timeline
Published 2007-08-28
Modified 2026-04-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag76,841 hosts
vuln:CVE-2007-4559Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Python Python"All exposed Python Python instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Python"HTTP body or banner mentions "Python" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2007-4559Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2007-4559Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2007-4559Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2007-4559GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2007-4559" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub (7)
CVE-2007-45597 repos
snyk/zip-slip-vulnerabilityunknown
Zip Slip Vulnerability (Arbitrary file write through archive extraction)
ghostbyt3/patch-tuesdayPython
Python script that fetches, analyzes, and reports Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates via the MSRC API — with a clean web interface for easy viewing.
mooyoul/awesome-starsunknown
A curated list of my GitHub stars
DesertDemons/CVE-2025-4138-4517-POCPython
CVE-2025-4138 / CVE-2025-4517 — Python tarfile PATH_MAX Symlink Filter Bypass
cptmorgan-rh/ocp_insightsPython
This script will pull the latest OpenShift Insights data, which is the same data sent to Red Hat, from the Insights Operator on your cluster and parse it in an easily readable form…
depers-rus/CVE-2007-4559Python
woniwory/woniworyunknown
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