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Details of issue NIXPKGS-2026-2262

NIXPKGS-2026-2262
published 5 hours ago
Datasets Symlink-following Arbitrary File Write via Extractor.extract()
Permalink CVE-2026-65010
4.4 MEDIUM
  • CVSS version (CVSS): 4.0
  • Attack Vector (AV): Local (L)
  • Attack Complexity (AC): Low (L)
  • Attack Requirement (AT): Present (P)
  • Privileges Required (PR): Low (L)
  • User Interaction (UI): Passive (P)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (VC): None (N)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (VI): High (H)
  • Vulnerable System Impact Availability (VA): High (H)
  • Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (SC): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Integrity (SI): None (N)
  • Subsequent System Impact Availability (SA): None (N)
  • Modified Attack Vector (MAV): Local (L)
  • Modified Attack Complexity (MAC): Low (L)
  • Modified Attack Requirement (MAT): Present (P)
  • Modified Privileges Required (MPR): Low (L)
  • Modified User Interaction (MUI): Passive (P)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Confidentiality (MVC): None (N)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Integrity (MVI): High (H)
  • Modified Vulnerable System Impact Availability (MVA): High (H)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Confidentiality (MSC): Negligible (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Integrity (MSI): Negligible (N)
  • Modified Subsequent System Impact Availability (MSA): Negligible (N)
  • Safety (S): Not Defined (X)
  • Automatable (AU): Not Defined (X)
  • Recovery (R): Not Defined (X)
  • Value Density (V): Not Defined (X)
  • Vulnerability Response Effort (RE): Not Defined (X)
  • Provider Urgency (U): Not Defined (X)
  • Confidentiality Req. (CR): Not Defined (X)
  • Integrity Req. (IR): Not Defined (X)
  • Availability Req. (AR): Not Defined (X)
  • Exploit Maturity (E): Not Defined (X)
updated 5 hours ago by @LeSuisse Activity log
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    8 packages
    • python313Packages.geodatasets
    • python314Packages.geodatasets
    • python313Packages.vega-datasets
    • python314Packages.vega-datasets
    • python313Packages.tensorflow-datasets
    • python313Packages.home-assistant-datasets
    • python314Packages.home-assistant-datasets
    • pkgsRocm.python3Packages.tensorflow-datasets
  • @LeSuisse accepted
  • @LeSuisse published on GitHub
Datasets Symlink-following Arbitrary File Write via Extractor.extract()

Datasets through 5.00, fixed in commit ad2d853, contains a symlink-following vulnerability in Extractor.extract() that allows local attackers to write arbitrary files by pre-planting symlinks at predictable output paths. Attackers can redirect archive extraction to arbitrary filesystem locations in shared-cache environments, enabling overwrite of sensitive files and potential privilege escalation or code execution.

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  • =<5.00
  • ==ad2d853ae2ce41d8068c23b44c2e29004312ccee

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