MEDIUM6.0
If `shutil.unpack_archive()` is given a ZIP archive with an absolute Windows path containing a drive (`C:\\...`) then the archive will be extracted outside the target directory which is different than other operating systems. Only Windows is affected by this vulnerability.
CVSS 3.xHIGH 7.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NCVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.0
CVSS:4.0/CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XReferences
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/65b255416ae217bf0e22085be3c1976cea18bd8c
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8e13025747e1ca72e86d1f35637123f9c306f0cb
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8ee6aff14054b37b53e47194a2fa313e98163c94
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ab5ef98af693bded74a738570e81ea70abef2840
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b01e594fbe754a960212f908d047294e880b52fd
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ba0aca3bffce431fe2fbd53ca4cd6a717a2e2c19
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fc829e88753858c8ac669594bf0093f44948c0f4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/146581
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/146591
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/X6FXE5C6KDKOVNX3EC3DWD5RUPFWOZA4/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/9