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CVE-2026-79824

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Published: Oct 15, 2026Modified: Oct 15, 2026

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Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.1 / Impact: 5.9
Source: security-alert@hpe.com (Secondary)

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability in HPE NonStop Python 3.x could allow  attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive.

Related CWEs

CWE-30
Path Traversal: '\dir\..\filename'
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '\dir\..\filename' (leading backslash dot dot) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

References (1)

Source: security-alert@hpe.com

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