---
id: CVE-2024-55587
aliases:
  - GHSA-75mx-hw5q-pvx3
  - PYSEC-2026-1848
title: python-libarchive directory traversal
summary: python-libarchive directory traversal
severity: high
cvss: 8.8
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'
vendor: python-libarchive
product: python-libarchive
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - python-libarchive <= 4.2.1
published: '2024-12-12'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-75mx-hw5q-pvx3'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-55587'
  - url: 'https://github.com/smartfile/python-libarchive/issues/42'
  - url: 'https://github.com/smartfile/python-libarchive/pull/41'
  - url: 'https://github.com/smartfile/python-libarchive'
  - url: >-
      https://github.com/smartfile/python-libarchive/blob/c7677411bfc4ab5701d343bc6ebd9e35c990e80e/libarchive/zip.py#L107
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
  - exploit-available
epss: 0.021
epssPercentile: 0.80911
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:46.778Z'
exploits:
  github: 1
  githubRepos:
    - 'https://github.com/CSIRTTrizna/CVE-2024-55587'
  checkedAt: '2026-09-24T07:52:51.872Z'
exploitAvailable: true
---

## Overview

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

## Affected packages

- `python-libarchive <= 4.2.1`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.