CVE-2024-6232CWE-1333

Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers

High · published September 3, 2024

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
2%
Percentile
82.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.02203 · 82.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-1333 · Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity
Published
2024-09-03T12:29Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 SEP 12:29Z
    Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers
    cvelistv5