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CVE-2024-8088

Infinite loop when iterating over zip archive entry names from zipfile.Path

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.8.20, 3.9.20, 3.10.15, 3.11.10, 3.12.6, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

There is a HIGH severity vulnerability affecting the CPython "zipfile" module affecting "zipfile.Path". Note that the more common API "zipfile.ZipFile" class is unaffected. When iterating over names of entries in a zip archive (for example, methods of "zipfile.Path" like "namelist()", "iterdir()", etc) the process can be put into an infinite loop with a maliciously crafted zip archive. This defect applies when reading only metadata or extracting the contents of the zip archive. Programs that are not handling user-controlled zip archives are not affected.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Python Software Foundation CPython

    fixed in 3.8.20; From 3.9.0 · fixed in 3.9.20; From 3.10.0 · fixed in 3.10.15; From 3.11.0 · fixed in 3.11.10; From 3.12.0 · fixed in 3.12.6; From 3.13.0a1 · fixed in 3.13.0rc2

References 16

mail.python.org

GitHub · python/cpython