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CVE-2024-6232

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.

  • Published: Sep 3, 2024
  • Updated: May 4, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2024-6232
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Software From Fixed in
python / python 3.13.0-alpha0 3.13.0-alpha0.x
python / python 3.13.0-alpha1 3.13.0-alpha1.x
python / python 3.13.0-alpha2 3.13.0-alpha2.x
python / python 3.13.0-alpha3 3.13.0-alpha3.x
python / python 3.13.0-alpha4 3.13.0-alpha4.x
python / python 3.13.0-alpha5 3.13.0-alpha5.x
python / python 3.13.0-alpha6 3.13.0-alpha6.x
python / python 3.13.0-beta1 3.13.0-beta1.x
python / python 3.13.0-beta2 3.13.0-beta2.x
python / python 3.13.0-beta3 3.13.0-beta3.x
python / python 3.13.0-beta4 3.13.0-beta4.x
python / python 3.13.0-rc1 3.13.0-rc1.x
python / python 3.12.0 3.12.6
python / python - 3.8.20
python / python 3.9.0 3.9.20
python / python 3.10.0 3.10.15
python / python 3.11.0 3.11.10