ALPINE-CVE-2024-8088

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CVE-2024-8088
Published: 22 Aug 2024, 19:15
Last modified:03 Dec 2025, 22:57

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.7 HIGH
4.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Aug 2024, 19:15
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Dec 2025, 22:57
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v4.0•HIGH•Score: 8.7CVSS: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

Affected Systems

  • alpine•python3

    < 3.10.14-r2 | < 3.11.8-r1 | < 3.11.9-r1 | < 3.12.3-r2 | < 3.12.5-r1 | < 3.12.5-r1 | < 3.12.5-r1

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