CVE-2025-10284: BBOT's various issues in unarchive.py can cause arbitrary file write and RCE
Summary Various issues in bbot's unarchive.py allow a malicious site to cause bbot to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations. This can be used to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE). Impact A user who uses bbot to scan a malicious webserver may have arbitrary code executed on their system.
Published Oct 9, 2025
Affected packages
bbot
- Ecosystem
- PyPI
- Affected
- < 2.7.0
- Fixed in
- 2.7.0
- Check
pip show bbot
Advisory details
From the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0).
Summary
Various issues in bbot's unarchive.py allow a malicious site to cause bbot to write arbitrary files to arbitrary locations. This can be used to achieve Remote Code Execution (RCE).
Impact
A user who uses bbot to scan a malicious webserver may have arbitrary code executed on their system.
Credited to justinsteven, liquidsec, TheTechromancer.
References
- https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot/security/advisories/GHSA-fhw8-8v9p-7jp7
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10284
- https://github.com/blacklanternsecurity/bbot/commit/6325f2f4f8f6f4545703e4c9b8004e69f71bec82
- https://blog.blacklanternsecurity.com/p/bbot-security-advisory-gitdumper
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-fhw8-8v9p-7jp7
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