CVE-2024-8088

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 33
Deferred
Published: 22 Aug 2024, 18:45
Last modified:03 Nov 2025, 22:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
35/100
CVSS Score
8.7 HIGH
v4.0 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.23% LOW
0% probability -0.11%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

22 Aug 2024, 18:45
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Nov 2025, 22:32
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/S:N/AU:N/R:U/RE:L
  • 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

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.23%• Percentile: 46%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-835•Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

    The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop.

Affected Systems

  • python software foundation•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

References (22)