Vulnerability · NVD

CVE-2024-6232

HIGH 7.5 Vendor bulletin scale — NVD CVSS pending Published on 2024-09-03

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.

Attack vector : Network No privileges required No user interaction

Show raw CVSS vector

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

EPSS 2.20% above median percentile 80.9%

Tracked apps referencing this CVE

For each app: the affected range, the fixing version, and where the tracked app stands today.

Python 3.12 Windows winget:Python.Python.3.12

Affected — Fixed in — Latest tracked 3.12.10 undetermined

Vulnerable CPE configurations (17)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions	CPE 2.3 URI
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	<3.8.20	cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	≥3.9.0 <3.9.20	cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	≥3.10.0 <3.10.15	cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	≥3.11.0 <3.11.10	cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	≥3.12.0 <3.12.6	cpe:2.3:a:python:python::::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha0::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha1::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha2::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha3::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha4::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha5::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha6::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta1::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta2::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta3::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta4::::::
python	python All platforms (wildcard)	All platforms (wildcard)	—	cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:rc1::::::

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