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CVE-2024-0450 An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and…

Description

An issue was found in the CPython `zipfile` module affecting versions 3.12.1, 3.11.7, 3.10.13, 3.9.18, and 3.8.18 and prior. The zipfile module is vulnerable to “quoted-overlap” zip-bombs which exploit the zip format to create a zip-bomb with a high compression ratio. The fixed versions of CPython makes the zipfile module reject zip archives which overlap entries in the archive.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
cpython 3.12.1 No fix stated
cpython 3.11.7 No fix stated
cpython 3.10.13 No fix stated
cpython 3.9.18 No fix stated
cpython 3.8 earliest → < 3.8.18 3.8.18
CPython 3.13 3.13.0a1 → < 3.13.0a3 3.13.0a3
CPython 3.12 3.12.0 → < 3.12.2 3.12.2
CPython 3.11 3.11.0 → < 3.11.8 3.11.8
CPython 3.10 3.10.0 → < 3.10.14 3.10.14
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
CPython 3.9 3.9.0 → < 3.9.19 3.9.19
CPython 3.8 earliest → < 3.8.19 3.8.19

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