CVE-2024-8088
Infinite loop when iterating over zip archive entry names from zipfile.Path
At a glance
- Severity
- HIGH 8.7
- EPSS
- EPSS 1.27 % · percentile 70 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- PSF
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/AU:N/R:U/RE:L | PSF |
| CVSS 4.0 | HIGH 8.7 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:X/RE:L/U:X | NVD · cna@python.org (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2024-48931
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2024-8088
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0395 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1057 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1054 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1036 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1024 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0969 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0967 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0905 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle Database Server · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0864 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans VMware Tanzu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0756 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0622 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2024-AVI-0958 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBM · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation · CPython | affected 0 < 3.8.20 ; affected 3.9.0 < 3.9.20 ; affected 3.10.0 < 3.10.15 ; affected 3.11.0 < 3.11.10 ; affected 3.12.0 < 3.12.6 ; affected 3.13.0a1 < 3.13.0rc2 |
References
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/GNFCKVI4TCATKQLALJ5SN4L4CSPSMILU/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/122906
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/122905
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/795f2597a4be988e2bb19b69ff9958e981cb894e
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8c7348939d8a3ecd79d630075f6be1b0c5b41f64
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dcc5182f27c1500006a1ef78e10613bb45788dea
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e0264a61119d551658d9445af38323ba94fc16db
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123270
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2231286d78d328c2f575e0b05b16fe447d1656d6
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7e8883a3f04d308302361aeffc73e0e9837f19d4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/95b073bddefa6243effa08e131e297c0383e7f6a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7bc367e464ce50b956dd232c1dfa1cad4e7fb814
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/962055268ed4f2ca1d717bfc8b6385de50a23ab7
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fc0b8259e693caa8400fa8b6ac1e494e47ea7798
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0aa1ee22ab6e204e9d3d0e9dd63ea648ed691ef1
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9cd03263100ddb1657826cc4a71470786cab3932
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/22/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/22/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/23/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/23/2
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241011-0010/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |