SB2025121844 - IBM Watson Speech Services Cartridge update for python
Published: December 18, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Expected behavior violation (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-4435)
CWE-ID: CWE-440 - Expected Behavior Violation
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to change expected behavior.
The vulnerability exists due to an error when using a TarFile.errorlevel = 0 and extracting with a filter the documented behavior. A remote attacker can force the application to extract files that were meant to be skipped.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.