Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2025-04-14 11:34
Modified
2025-11-06 13:25
Summary
Infinite loop when iterating over zip archive entry names from zipfile.Path
Details

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.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Bitnami",
        "name": "python",
        "purl": "pkg:bitnami/python"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.8.20"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.9.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.9.20"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.10.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.10.15"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.11.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.11.10"
            },
            {
              "introduced": "3.12.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "3.12.6"
            }
          ],
          "type": "SEMVER"
        }
      ],
      "severity": [
        {
          "score": "CVSS: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",
          "type": "CVSS_V4"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2024-8088"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cpes": [
      "cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
    ],
    "severity": "High"
  },
  "details": "There is a HIGH severity vulnerability affecting the CPython \"zipfile\"\nmodule affecting \"zipfile.Path\". Note that the more common API \"zipfile.ZipFile\" class is unaffected.\n\n\n\n\n\nWhen iterating over names of entries in a zip archive (for example, methods\nof \"zipfile.Path\" like \"namelist()\", \"iterdir()\", etc)\nthe process can be put into an infinite loop with a maliciously crafted\nzip archive. This defect applies when reading only metadata or extracting\nthe contents of the zip archive. Programs that are not handling\nuser-controlled zip archives are not affected.",
  "id": "BIT-python-2024-8088",
  "modified": "2025-11-06T13:25:46.476Z",
  "published": "2025-04-14T11:34:52.441Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/22/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/22/4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/23/1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/23/2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/0aa1ee22ab6e204e9d3d0e9dd63ea648ed691ef1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2231286d78d328c2f575e0b05b16fe447d1656d6"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/795f2597a4be988e2bb19b69ff9958e981cb894e"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7bc367e464ce50b956dd232c1dfa1cad4e7fb814"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7e8883a3f04d308302361aeffc73e0e9837f19d4"
    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/95b073bddefa6243effa08e131e297c0383e7f6a"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/962055268ed4f2ca1d717bfc8b6385de50a23ab7"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dcc5182f27c1500006a1ef78e10613bb45788dea"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e0264a61119d551658d9445af38323ba94fc16db"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fc0b8259e693caa8400fa8b6ac1e494e47ea7798"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/122905"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123270"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/122906"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/GNFCKVI4TCATKQLALJ5SN4L4CSPSMILU/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8088"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241011-0010/"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9cd03263100ddb1657826cc4a71470786cab3932"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.6.2",
  "summary": "Infinite loop when iterating over zip archive entry names from zipfile.Path"
}



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