CVE-2024-6232

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-1333

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Python Software Foundation	CPython	< 3.8.20; >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.20; >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.15; >= 3.11.0, < 3.11.10; >= 3.12.0, < 3.12.6; >= 3.13.0a1, < 3.13.0rc2
python	cpython	< 3.8.20; >= 3.9.0, < 3.9.20; >= 3.10.0, < 3.10.15; >= 3.11.0, < 3.11.10; >= 3.12.0, < 3.12.6; >= 3.13.0a1, < 3.13.0rc2

References

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64dPatch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fbfPatch
https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d253373Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286Issue Tracking, Patch
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTPRHZRTLMZLWQEUHZSJXNHM4ACTY/Vendor Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Sep 3, 2024
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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