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
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
Python Software Foundation CPython 3.14.0a1
CWE Classification
References
- github.com /python/cpython/issues/130577
- github.com /python/cpython/pull/137027
- mail.python.org /archives/list/[email protected]/thread/ZULLF3IZ726XP5EY7XJ7YIN3K5MDYR2D/
- github.com /python/cpython/commit/7040aa54f14676938970e10c5f74ea93cd56aa38
- github.com /python/cpython/commit/cdae923ffe187d6ef916c0f665a31249619193fe
- gist.github.com /sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1
- github.com /python/cpython/commit/c9d9f78feb1467e73fd29356c040bde1c104f29f
- github.com /python/cpython/commit/fbc2a0ca9ac8aff6887f8ddf79b87b4510277227