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tarfile hardlink fallback ignores custom extraction filter rejection via None #157265

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tarfile hardlink fallback ignores custom extraction filter rejection via None#157265
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3.10 (EOL)end of life3.11only security fixes3.12only security fixes3.13only security fixes3.14bugs and security fixes3.15pre-release feature fixes, bugs and security fixes3.16new features, bugs and security fixesstdlibStandard Library Python modules in the Lib/ directorytype-securityA security issue

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encukou
opened on Sep 10, 2026

When tarfile extracts a link on a system that doesn't support links, it falls back to extracting a member from the archive. In this case, the filter function is run twice: once for the extracted member, and once with name set to the location of the link.
For one of the calls, the return value is ignored. Instead, the member should be skipped if either call returns None.

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  1. encukou
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  2. encukou
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  3. encukou
    added this to Tarfile issues 🗄️on Sep 10, 2026
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  5. encukou
    added 2 commits that reference this issue on Sep 11, 2026

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  8. encukou
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  13. hugovk
    closed this as completedon Oct 1, 2026
  14. github-project-automation
    moved this to Done in Tarfile issues 🗄️on Oct 1, 2026

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