SB2025121841 - IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge update for Python
Published: December 18, 2025 Updated: February 27, 2026
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025121841
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4138)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to an insecure link following issue when extracting data from an archive in the tarfile module. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and overwrite arbitrary files outside the destination directory during extraction with filter="data"..
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.