CVE-2024-6232

high-risk
Published 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.

Do I need to act?

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4.0% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (13)

Affected Vendors

Python

References (13)

Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd0...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc87...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d449caf8a179e3b954268b3a88eb9170be3c8fb...
Patch https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ed3a49ea734ada357ff4442996fd4ae71d25337...
Exploit https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121285
Issue Tracking https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/121286
Vendor Advisory https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/JRYFTP...
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/09/03/5
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
Third Party Advisory https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0007/
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 17/34 · Moderate