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CVE-2024-6232

HighPublished

Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers

Published: Sep 3, 2024
Updated: Nov 3, 2025
Assigning CNA: PSF
Evidence observed: Aug 8, 2026

Primary CVSS

7.5/ 10High

nvd · CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS probability estimate

2.2%

Low · next 30 days

Percentile: 81.6%
Model date: Sep 21, 2026

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Summary

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.

Sources

CVE-2025-4517-POC-SudoersExploit
Exploit for CVE-2024-6232 - Python Tarfile Realpath Overflow

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