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.

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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3980-1 python3.9 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4354-1 pypy3 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-48018 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7015-1 Python vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7015-2 Python vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7015-5 Python vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7488-1 Python vulnerabilities
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Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 23:30:00 +0000

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References

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.0106}

epss

{'score': 0.01173}


Tue, 25 Feb 2025 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Els
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_els:7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Els

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:15:00 +0000


Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Python cpython
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:python:cpython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Python cpython
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 22 Nov 2024 12:00:00 +0000


Thu, 07 Nov 2024 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.4
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.4

Tue, 05 Nov 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Tus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_aus:8.6
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:8.6
cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_tus:8.6
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Tus

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 02:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel Aus
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_aus:7.7
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel Aus

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Thu, 24 Oct 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9

Fri, 18 Oct 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat rhel E4s
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_e4s:9.0
Vendors & Products Redhat rhel E4s

Fri, 04 Oct 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 11:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat enterprise Linux
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Vendors & Products Redhat enterprise Linux

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 14:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat
Redhat rhel Eus
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_eus:9.2
Vendors & Products Redhat
Redhat rhel Eus

Wed, 04 Sep 2024 20:30:00 +0000


Wed, 04 Sep 2024 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Python
Python python
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha0:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:alpha6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:python:python:3.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Python
Python python
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


Tue, 03 Sep 2024 23:00:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Tue, 03 Sep 2024 21:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 03 Sep 2024 15:15:00 +0000


Tue, 03 Sep 2024 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 03 Sep 2024 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PSF

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-03T22:32:42.630Z

Reserved: 2024-06-20T21:01:55.524Z

Link: CVE-2024-6232

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-10-18T13:07:45.640Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-09-03T13:15:05.363

Modified: 2025-11-03T23:17:30.710

Link: CVE-2024-6232

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-09-03T13:15:05Z

Links: CVE-2024-6232 - Bugzilla

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