CVE 7.5 HIGH

Tarfile infinite loop during parsing with negative member offset_CVE-2025-8194

7.5 / 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

There is a defect in the CPython “tarfile” module affecting the “TarFile” extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives.

This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the “tarfile” module:  https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1

Basic Information

ID CVE-2025-8194
Source PSF
Published Jul 28, 2025 at 18:42
Modified Aug 7, 2025 at 20:16

Affected Product

Vendor Python Software Foundation
Product CPython
Affected Versions Python Software Foundation CPython 0
Python Software Foundation CPython 3.14.0a1

CWE Classification

References

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