usn-7989-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-02-02 02:41
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
python-internetarchive vulnerability
Details
Pengo Wray discovered that The Internet Archive Python Library incorrectly handled certain file paths when downloading files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to write files to arbitrary locations on the file system.
References
| URL | Type | |
|---|---|---|
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"availability": "No subscription required",
"binaries": [
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"aliases": [],
"details": "Pengo Wray discovered that The Internet Archive Python Library incorrectly\nhandled certain file paths when downloading files. An attacker could\npossibly use this issue to write files to arbitrary locations on the file\nsystem.",
"id": "USN-7989-1",
"modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:47Z",
"published": "2026-02-02T02:41:26Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7989-1"
},
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"type": "REPORT",
"url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-58438"
}
],
"related": [],
"schema_version": "1.7.0",
"summary": "python-internetarchive vulnerability",
"upstream": [
"UBUNTU-CVE-2025-58438"
]
}
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