CVE-2007-4559

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-01. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 27%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Elevated riskExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
75
EG Risk 75/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity98% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
27%
EPSS %ILE
98th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

August 28, 2007

Last Modified

April 23, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
generic

Samba: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-06) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-27.fc40 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-27.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
redhatMentions a patch (unverified)

263261 – (CVE-2007-4559) CVE-2007-4559 python: tarfile module directory traversal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
generic

VUPEN Security - Vulnerability Research and Intelligence

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022
generic

Secunia Research & Vulnerability Insights | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/26623
generic

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-27.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2007-4559(4)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(14)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-22.1.el8_82024-01-30redhat
redhatpython3-0:3.6.8-47.el8_6.42024-01-25redhat
redhatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-22.1.el8_62024-01-23redhat
redhatpython3-0:3.6.8-56.el8_92023-11-14redhat
redhatpython3.11-pip-0:22.3.1-4.el82023-11-14redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.5-1.el8_92023-11-14redhat
redhatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-23.el82023-11-14redhat
redhatpython38-devel:3.8-8090020230810143931.d9f72c262023-11-14redhat
redhatpython39-devel:3.9-8090020230922213827.7484f1d12023-11-14redhat
redhatrh-python38-python-pip-0:19.3.1-4.el72023-11-08redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.5-1.el9_32023-11-07redhat
redhatpython-pip-0:21.2.3-7.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatpython3.11-pip-0:22.3.1-4.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatpython3.9-0:3.9.18-1.el9_32023-11-07redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(11)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • GitHub PoCadvanced-threat-research/Creosote
    First seen Sep 20, 2022

    Creosote is our solution to searching for the tarfile vulnerability described by CVE-2007-4559.

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2007-4559?
CVE-2007-4559 is a critical vulnerability published on August 28, 2007. 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.
When was CVE-2007-4559 disclosed?
CVE-2007-4559 was first published on August 28, 2007, with the most recent update on April 23, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2007-4559 actively exploited?
CVE-2007-4559 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (98th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2007-4559?
CVE-2007-4559 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2007-4559?
A fix for CVE-2007-4559 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2007-4559 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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