CVE-2024-55587

8.8 highEPSS 2.1%

High (8.8). EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

python-libarchive through 4.2.1 allows directory traversal (to create files) in extract in zip.py for ZipFile.extractall and ZipFile.extract.

Severity

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-22
Published: 2024-12-12
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Advisory	Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
GHSA-75mx-hw5q-pvx3	PyPI	python-libarchive	<=4.2.1	no fix published
PYSEC-2026-1848	PyPI	python-libarchive	<=4.2.1	no fix published