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High · 8.0 CVE-2026-23879 EUVD-2026-39050GHSA-q6rc-2cgv-63h7PYSEC-2026-2974

py7zr: Arbitrary File Write Vulnerability

Published Jun 24, 2026 · Updated Jun 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

py7zr is a Python-based library and utility to support 7zip archive compression, decompression, encryption and decryption. Versions 1.1.2 and below contain an an arbitrary file write vulnerability, which allows symbolic links to be recreated outside the destination directory via crafted malicious symbolic link chains. When using extractall to extract an archive, the library restores these symbolic links, linking them to arbitrary directories on the host file system. During extraction, the program only checks the link arcname within the destination directory, but ignores the combined symlink path resolution. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability by constructing malicious archives, thereby bypassing the directory boundary restrictions implemented by the extractor. Subsequent extraction of regular files through these symbolic links can result in arbitrary file writes. This vulnerability may lead to remote code execution, privilege escalation, data corruption, or denial of service. This issue has been fixed in version 1.1.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
miurahr py7zr < 1.1.3 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 py7zr 1.1.2+dfsg-1 —
Debian 13 py7zr No fix yet —
Debian 12 py7zr No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 py7zr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS py7zr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 py7zr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS py7zr No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS py7zr No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-py7zr 1.1.3-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11112-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 python-py7zr 1.0.0-bp160.2.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:21159-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI py7zr < 1.1.3 1.1.3 GHSA-q6rc-2cgv-63h7

Advisories 2

References