CVE-2007-4559

CRITICALNVD 9.89.8
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

Score 9.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: MODERATE) published 2022-05-01. NVD baseline CVSS 9.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: EPSS, GitHub Security Advisory, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 4 sources updated this weekElevated

Also known asEUVD-2007-4541 (ENISA EUVD) · GHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm (GitHub Security Advisories)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 27%CVSS: 9.8Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.

CVSS v3
9.8
EG Score
9.8CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
75
EG Risk 75/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity98% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.8 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability100% × 15%
CISA's SSVC Automatable value: yes (Vulnrichment).
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
27%
EPSS %ILE
98th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.8): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.8 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.8 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
EG Likelihood
27% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-11-01). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)3 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; 60 days if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable yes (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

August 28, 2007

Last Modified

April 23, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available. Sources: redhat.
Web page

Samba: Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 202309-06) — Gentoo security

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202309-06
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[SECURITY] Fedora 40 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-27.fc40 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KA4Z44ZAI4SY7THCFBUDNT5EEFO4XQ3A/
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 39 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-27.fc39 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FI55PGL47ES3OU2FQPGEHOI2EK3S2OBH/
Red HatMentions a patch (unverified)

263261 – (CVE-2007-4559) CVE-2007-4559 python: tarfile module directory traversal

Affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=263261
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VUPEN Security - Vulnerability Research and Intelligence

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3022
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Secunia Research & Vulnerability Insights | Flexera

http://secunia.com/advisories/26623
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: python3.6-3.6.15-27.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CVBB7NU3YIRRDOKLYVN647WPRR3IAKR6/

Patch Availability(14)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
redhatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-22.1.el8_82024-01-30redhat
redhatpython3-0:3.6.8-47.el8_6.42024-01-25redhat
redhatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-22.1.el8_62024-01-23redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.5-1.el8_92023-11-14redhat
redhatpython38-devel:3.8-8090020230810143931.d9f72c262023-11-14redhat
redhatpython39-devel:3.9-8090020230922213827.7484f1d12023-11-14redhat
redhatpython3.11-pip-0:22.3.1-4.el82023-11-14redhat
redhatpython3-0:3.6.8-56.el8_92023-11-14redhat
redhatpython-pip-0:9.0.3-23.el82023-11-14redhat
redhatrh-python38-python-pip-0:19.3.1-4.el72023-11-08redhat
redhatpython3.11-pip-0:22.3.1-4.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.5-1.el9_32023-11-07redhat
redhatpython-pip-0:21.2.3-7.el92023-11-07redhat
redhatpython3.9-0:3.9.18-1.el9_32023-11-07redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 30× in last 7d / 93× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 197 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. None are among the latest 100 rows. The 97 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 04:21 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-11-02 04:21 UTCVendor advisory
  3. 2026-11-02 04:21 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub severity MODERATE · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  4. 2026-11-01 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  5. 2026-11-01 06:01 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-11-01 06:01 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-11-01 06:01 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  8. 2026-10-31 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  9. 2026-10-31 07:41 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-31 07:41 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-10-31 07:41 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  12. 2026-10-30 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  13. 2026-10-30 09:22 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-30 09:22 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-30 09:22 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  16. 2026-10-29 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  17. 2026-10-29 11:04 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-29 11:04 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-29 11:04 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  20. 2026-10-28 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  21. 2026-10-28 12:35 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-10-28 12:35 UTCVendor advisory
  23. 2026-10-28 12:35 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  24. 2026-10-27 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  25. 2026-10-27 14:16 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-10-27 14:16 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-27 14:16 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  3. 2026-10-26 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  4. 2026-10-26 15:30 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-26 15:30 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  6. 2026-10-25 16:40 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-25 16:40 UTCVendor advisory
  8. 2026-10-25 16:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  9. 2026-10-25 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  10. 2026-10-24 18:19 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-24 18:19 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-24 18:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  13. 2026-10-24 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  14. 2026-10-23 20:00 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-23 20:00 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-23 20:00 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  17. 2026-10-23 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  18. 2026-10-22 21:40 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-10-22 21:40 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-10-22 21:40 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  21. 2026-10-22 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  22. 2026-10-21 23:11 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-21 23:11 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-21 23:11 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  25. 2026-10-21 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  26. 2026-10-21 00:50 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-10-21 00:50 UTCVendor advisory
  28. 2026-10-21 00:50 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  29. 2026-10-20 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  30. 2026-10-20 02:31 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-10-20 02:31 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-10-20 02:31 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  33. 2026-10-19 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  34. 2026-10-19 01:58 UTCEG score recompute
  35. 2026-10-19 01:58 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-10-19 01:58 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  37. 2026-10-18 03:39 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-10-18 03:39 UTCVendor advisory
  39. 2026-10-18 03:39 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  40. 2026-10-17 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  41. 2026-10-17 05:18 UTCEG score recompute
  42. 2026-10-17 05:18 UTCVendor advisory
  43. 2026-10-17 05:17 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  44. 2026-10-16 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  45. 2026-10-16 06:51 UTCEG score recompute
  46. 2026-10-16 06:51 UTCVendor advisory
  47. 2026-10-16 06:51 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  48. 2026-10-15 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  49. 2026-10-15 05:34 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-10-15 05:34 UTCVendor advisory
  51. 2026-10-15 05:33 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  52. 2026-10-14 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  53. 2026-10-14 01:12 UTCEG score recompute
  54. 2026-10-14 01:12 UTCVendor advisory
  55. 2026-10-14 01:12 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  56. 2026-10-13 16:25 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
  57. 2026-10-12 21:20 UTCEG score recompute
  58. 2026-10-12 21:20 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-10-12 21:19 UTCGHSA enrichmentGHSA-gw9q-c7gh-j9vm · GitHub CVSS 9.8
  60. 2026-10-12 16:26 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 27% · 98th percentile
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Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (1 GitHub PoC). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • GitHub PoCadvanced-threat-research/Creosote
    Published Sep 20, 2022

    Creosote is our solution to searching for the tarfile vulnerability described by CVE-2007-4559.

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2007-4559?
CVE-2007-4559 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on August 28, 2007. Directory traversal vulnerability in the (1) extract and (2) extractall functions in the tarfile module in Python allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) sequence in filenames in a TAR archive, a related issue to CVE-2001-1267.
When was CVE-2007-4559 made public?
CVE-2007-4559 was made public on August 24, 2007: that is the date its CVE record's CNA, MITRE Corporation, gives for when the vulnerability was made public. The CVE record itself was published on August 28, 2007. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of April 23, 2026; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2007-4559 actively exploited?
CVE-2007-4559 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 27% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (98th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2007-4559?
CVE-2007-4559 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2007-4559?
A fix for CVE-2007-4559 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2007-4559 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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