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CVE-2026-3087 If `shutil.unpack_archive()` is given a ZIP archive with an absolute Windows path containing a drive (`C:\\...`) then…

Description

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.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
CPython 3.15 3.15.0a1 → < 3.15.0b1 3.15.0b1
CPython 3.14 3.14.0a1 → < 3.14.5rc1 3.14.5rc1
CPython 3.13 3.13.0 → < 3.13.14 3.13.14
CPython 3.12 3.12.0 → < 3.12.14 3.12.14
CPython 3.11 3.11.0 → < 3.11.16 3.11.16
CPython 3.10 earliest → < 3.10.21 3.10.21

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