CVE-2024-6232highCWE-1333

CVE-2024-6232: high-severity vulnerability in Python Software Foundation CPython

Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers

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21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 7.5epss 2.2%
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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
Python Software Foundation · CPython
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