# CVE-2026-104266: tinytag: Infinite loop when parsing certain M4A files containing invalid atoms

- Also known as: GHSA-24CC-9352-H2PG
- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.0
- Published: 2026-10-15 · Updated: 2026-10-21

## Affected

- tinytag: from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.3.0
- tinytag (PyPI): from 2.0.0, fixed in 2.3.0

## Description

tinytag is a Python library for reading audio file metadata. From 2.0.0 until 2.3.0, an M4A file containing a sub-atom with a size of zero inside a ---- atom can cause the metadata parser to stop advancing through the input. The custom-field atom traversal repeatedly processes the malformed location, causing an infinite loop and denying service to a program that reads the crafted file. This issue is fixed in version 2.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tinytag, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.0) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/tinytag/tinytag/security/advisories/GHSA-24cc-9352-h2pg
- https://github.com/tinytag/tinytag/pull/326
- https://github.com/tinytag/tinytag/commit/9ada221ba44990cb02cd9002d992186e037b515e
- https://github.com/tinytag/tinytag/releases/tag/2.3.0

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