CVE-2026-50558EPSS p28.3%

CVE-2026-50558CVE-2026-50558

Description

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.

Scoring

CVSS 5.9 ()
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
EPSS0.37% probability of exploitation · percentile 28.3% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-09-10
Sourced from NVD + FIRST.org EPSS. Curated for EU compliance use cases by Adam Lundqvist, Founder at SQUR.