# CVE-2025-13462: tarfile: Skip DIRTYPE normalization during GNU LONGNAME/LONGLINK handling

- Severity: CVSS 2.0 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.10.21, 3.11.16, 3.12.14, 3.13.13, 3.14.4, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-03-12 · Updated: 2026-08-13

## Affected

- Python Software Foundation CPython: fixed in 3.10.21; from 3.11.0, fixed in 3.11.16; from 3.12.0, fixed in 3.12.14; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.13; from 3.14.0, fixed in 3.14.4; from 3.15.0a1, fixed in 3.15.0a8

## Description

The "tarfile" module would still apply normalization of AREGTYPE (\x00) blocks to DIRTYPE, even while processing a multi-block member such as GNUTYPE_LONGNAME or GNUTYPE_LONGLINK. This could result in a crafted tar archive being misinterpreted by the tarfile module compared to other implementations.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Python Software Foundation CPython, upgrade to a fixed version (3.10.21, 3.11.16, 3.12.14, 3.13.13, 3.14.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/143934
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/141707
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/EOMI5I66ZMKQ2INNFT6T7IAIKUGPZYIE/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/42d754e34c06e57ad6b8e7f92f32af679912d8ab
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7ad3093d76a748af55bdb1d2e8aad3638163b017
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ae99fe3a33b43e303a05f012815cef60b611a9c7
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/72dde1016493c52abe857fc4a7bf6c40138b4114
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9a23b753552afa28e3a2f4d8863572fc66479406
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d10950739a78f54d0718d88fb5a868374603c084

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