7.5

CVE-2024-6232: Regular-expression DoS when parsing TarFile headers

Modified
AliasesALPINE-CVE-2024-6232SUSE-SU-2024:3430-1SUSE-SU-2024:3447-1
Published 03-09-2024Last modified 03-11-2025

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2024-6232 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in python software foundation cpython. EPSS estimates a 2.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Priority
Prioritisepublic exploit

Public exploit (GitHub, Date unknown)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
2.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1github

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 28 · Related 28

Timeline

  1. 03-09-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-11-2025
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

83%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 2.20% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Cpython

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Redhat131 products
  • Cython< 0:0.29.21-5.module+el8.9.0+19644+d68f775d
  • Cython-debugsource< 0:0.29.21-5.module+el8.9.0+19644+d68f775d
  • mod_wsgi< 0:4.7.1-7.module+el8.9.0+19644+d68f775d | < 0:4.7.1-5.module+el8.7.0+16654+645aad7f | < 0:4.7.1-4.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249
  • numpy< 0:1.19.4-2.module+el8.4.0+15042+dc5a279b.1 | < 0:1.19.4-3.module+el8.9.0+19644+d68f775d | < 0:1.19.4-3.module+el8.5.0+12204+54860423
  • numpy-debugsource< 0:1.19.4-2.module+el8.4.0+15042+dc5a279b.1 | < 0:1.19.4-3.module+el8.9.0+19644+d68f775d | < 0:1.19.4-3.module+el8.5.0+12204+54860423
Suse13 products
  • python3-core&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS< 3.6.15-150000.3.161.1
  • python3-core&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1< 3.6.15-150000.3.161.1
  • python3-core&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS< 3.6.15-150000.3.161.1
  • python3-core&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2< 3.6.15-150000.3.161.1
  • python36-core&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5< 3.6.15-67.1
Ubuntu10 products
  • python2.7< 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm21 | < 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm12 | < 2.7.18-1~20.04.5 | < 2.7.18-13ubuntu1.3
  • python3.10< 3.10.12-1~22.04.6
  • python3.11< 3.11.0~rc1-1~22.04.1~esm2
  • python3.12< 3.12.3-1ubuntu0.2
  • python3.4< 3.4.3-1ubuntu1~14.04.7+esm14
Chainguard5 products
  • python-3.10< 3.10.15-r0
  • python-3.11< 3.11.9-r9
  • python-3.12< 3.12.5-r3
  • python-3.13< 3.13.2-r6
  • python-3.9< 3.9.20-r0
Wolfi4 products
  • python-3.10< 3.10.15-r0
  • python-3.11< 3.11.9-r9
  • python-3.12< 3.12.5-r3
  • python-3.13< 3.13.2-r6
Debian3 products
  • pypy3All versions (No fix recorded) | < 7.3.18+dfsg-1
  • python3.11< 3.11.2-6+deb12u4
  • python3.13< 3.13.0~rc2-1
Alpine1 product
  • python3< 3.10.15-r0 | < 3.11.10-r0 | < 3.12.6-r0
Opensuse1 product
  • python39&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 3.9.19-8.1
Python1 product
  • python< 3.8.20 | ≥ 3.9.0, < 3.9.20 | ≥ 3.10.0, < 3.10.15 | ≥ 3.11.0, < 3.11.10 | ≥ 3.12.0, < 3.12.6 | 3.13.0:alpha0 | 3.13.0:alpha1 | 3.13.0:alpha2 | 3.13.0:alpha3 | 3.13.0:alpha4 | 3.13.0:alpha5 | 3.13.0:alpha6 | 3.13.0:beta1 | 3.13.0:beta2 | 3.13.0:beta3 | 3.13.0:beta4 | 3.13.0:rc1
Python software foundation1 product
  • cpython< 3.8.20 | ≥ 3.9.0, < 3.9.20 | ≥ 3.10.0, < 3.10.15 | ≥ 3.11.0, < 3.11.10 | ≥ 3.12.0, < 3.12.6 | ≥ 3.13.0a1, < 3.13.0rc2

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