CVE-2026-41140

high Red Hat
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 81% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Published: April 24, 2026 (19 days ago)
Last Modified: April 24, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in Poetry, a dependency manager for Python. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a path traversal attack. By crafting a malicious software package, the `extractall()` function in Poetry can be tricked into writing files to unintended locations on the system. This could lead to the creation or overwrite of critical system files, potentially compromising the integrity of the system.

CWE

CWE-22

Affected Products

Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2Red Hat OpenShift AI (RHOAI)Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4Red Hat Satellite 6

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 github.com