CVE-2024-6232

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CVSS v3.1

7.5

EPSS

2.20%

Published

Sep 3, 2024

Modified

Nov 3, 2025

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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Description

There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-1333CWE-1333

Affected Products (17)

python · python (up to 3.8.20)vulnerable

python · python (up to 3.9.20)vulnerable

python · python (up to 3.10.15)vulnerable

python · python (up to 3.11.10)vulnerable

python · python (up to 3.12.6)vulnerable

python · pythonvulnerable

References (13)

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbf

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373

Patch

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285

ExploitIssue TrackingPatch

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286

Issue TrackingPatch

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/

Vendor Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/

Third Party Advisory

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