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.
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Configurations
No configuration.
History
29 Jul 2026, 18:16
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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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Products Affected
No product.
CWE
CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
