CVE-2026-50558

Penelope Shell Handler is a post-exploitation shell handler for authorized security testing. Prior to 0.20.0, the Unix download() implementation in penelope.py used tar.extractall(local_download_folder) on tar archives returned by remote sessions without validating member paths, allowing a malicious or compromised session to write files outside the intended download directory and potentially overwrite ~/.penelope/peneloperc. This issue is fixed in version 0.20.0.
Configurations

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History

29 Jul 2026, 18:16

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References () https://github.com/brightio/penelope/security/advisories/GHSA-f42x-p2mx-hm8r - () https://github.com/brightio/penelope/security/advisories/GHSA-f42x-p2mx-hm8r -

29 Jul 2026, 16:17

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Information

Published : 2026-07-29 16:17

Updated : 2026-07-29 18:16


NVD link : CVE-2026-50558

Mitre link : CVE-2026-50558

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-50558


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CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')