MajorCritical vulnerability

CVE-2026-79824 (CVSS 8.0)

NVD · officialPublished Oct 15, 2026Risk 37/100EPSS 0.5%

A directory traversal vulnerability in HPE NonStop Python 3.x could allow attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive.

Technical details

CVSS

8.0

AV:Adjacent NetworkAC:LowPR:NoneUI:RequiredC:HighI:HighA:High

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