# CVE-2025-4435: Tarfile extracts filtered members when errorlevel=0

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.9.23, 3.10.18, 3.11.13, 3.12.11, 3.13.4, and 1 more
- Published: 2025-06-03 · Updated: 2026-07-31

## Affected

- Python Software Foundation CPython: fixed in 3.9.23; from 3.10.0, fixed in 3.10.18; from 3.11.0, fixed in 3.11.13; from 3.12.0, fixed in 3.12.11; from 3.13.0, fixed in 3.13.4; from 3.14.0a1, fixed in 3.14.0b3

## Description

When using a TarFile.errorlevel = 0 and extracting with a filter the documented behavior is that any filtered members would be skipped and not extracted. However the actual behavior of TarFile.errorlevel = 0 in affected versions is that the member would still be extracted and not skipped.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Python Software Foundation CPython, upgrade to a fixed version (3.9.23, 3.10.18, 3.11.13, 3.12.11, 3.13.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/135034
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/135037
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/MAXIJJCUUMCL7ATZNDVEGGHUMQMUUKLG/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/3612d8f51741b11f36f8fb0494d79086bac9390a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9e0ac76d96cf80b49055f6d6b9a6763fb9215c2a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/19de092debb3d7e832e5672cc2f7b788d35951da
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/aa9eb5f757ceff461e6e996f12c89e5d9b583b01
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/28463dba112af719df1e8b0391c46787ad756dd9
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4633f3f497b1ff70e4a35b6fe2c907cbe2d4cb2e
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9c1110ef6652687d7c55f590f909720eddde965a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dd8f187d0746da151e0025c51680979ac5b4cfb1

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