Gregory P. Smith

53 exploits Active since Aug 2022
CVE-2024-6232 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython < 3.8.20 - Denial of Service via TarFile Header Parsing ReDoS
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 7.5
CVE-2023-6507 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
CPython 3.12.0 - Improper Privilege Management in subprocess extra_groups Parameter
An issue was found in CPython 3.12.0 `subprocess` module on POSIX platforms. The issue was fixed in CPython 3.12.1 and does not affect other stable releases. When using the `extra_groups=` parameter with an empty list as a value (ie `extra_groups=[]`) the logic regressed to not call `setgroups(0, NULL)` before calling `exec()`, thus not dropping the original processes' groups before starting the new process. There is no issue when the parameter isn't used or when any value is used besides an empty list. This issue only impacts CPython processes run with sufficient privilege to make the `setgroups` system call (typically `root`).
CVSS 6.1
CVE-2024-11168 WRITEUP LOW WRITEUP
Python urllib.parse - Bracketed Host Validation Server-Side Request Forgery
The urllib.parse.urlsplit() and urlparse() functions improperly validated bracketed hosts (`[]`), allowing hosts that weren't IPv6 or IPvFuture. This behavior was not conformant to RFC 3986 and potentially enabled SSRF if a URL is processed by more than one URL parser.
CVSS 3.7
CVE-2024-3219 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
CPython <3.8.20, 3.9.0-3.9.19, 3.10.0-3.10.14, 3.11.0-3.11.9, 3.12.0-3.12.4, 3.13.0a1-3.13.0rc0 - Socket Connection Race
The “socket” module provides a pure-Python fallback to the socket.socketpair() function for platforms that don’t support AF_UNIX, such as Windows. This pure-Python implementation uses AF_INET or AF_INET6 to create a local connected pair of sockets. The connection between the two sockets was not verified before passing the two sockets back to the user, which leaves the server socket vulnerable to a connection race from a malicious local peer. Platforms that support AF_UNIX such as Linux and macOS are not affected by this vulnerability. Versions prior to CPython 3.5 are not affected due to the vulnerable API not being included.
CVE-2024-6232 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython < 3.8.20 - Denial of Service via TarFile Header Parsing ReDoS
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 7.5
CVE-2024-11168 WRITEUP LOW WRITEUP
Python urllib.parse - Bracketed Host Validation Server-Side Request Forgery
The urllib.parse.urlsplit() and urlparse() functions improperly validated bracketed hosts (`[]`), allowing hosts that weren't IPv6 or IPvFuture. This behavior was not conformant to RFC 3986 and potentially enabled SSRF if a URL is processed by more than one URL parser.
CVSS 3.7
CVE-2024-3219 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
CPython <3.8.20, 3.9.0-3.9.19, 3.10.0-3.10.14, 3.11.0-3.11.9, 3.12.0-3.12.4, 3.13.0a1-3.13.0rc0 - Socket Connection Race
The “socket” module provides a pure-Python fallback to the socket.socketpair() function for platforms that don’t support AF_UNIX, such as Windows. This pure-Python implementation uses AF_INET or AF_INET6 to create a local connected pair of sockets. The connection between the two sockets was not verified before passing the two sockets back to the user, which leaves the server socket vulnerable to a connection race from a malicious local peer. Platforms that support AF_UNIX such as Linux and macOS are not affected by this vulnerability. Versions prior to CPython 3.5 are not affected due to the vulnerable API not being included.
CVE-2024-6232 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython < 3.8.20 - Denial of Service via TarFile Header Parsing ReDoS
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 7.5
CVE-2024-3219 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
CPython <3.8.20, 3.9.0-3.9.19, 3.10.0-3.10.14, 3.11.0-3.11.9, 3.12.0-3.12.4, 3.13.0a1-3.13.0rc0 - Socket Connection Race
The “socket” module provides a pure-Python fallback to the socket.socketpair() function for platforms that don’t support AF_UNIX, such as Windows. This pure-Python implementation uses AF_INET or AF_INET6 to create a local connected pair of sockets. The connection between the two sockets was not verified before passing the two sockets back to the user, which leaves the server socket vulnerable to a connection race from a malicious local peer. Platforms that support AF_UNIX such as Linux and macOS are not affected by this vulnerability. Versions prior to CPython 3.5 are not affected due to the vulnerable API not being included.
CVE-2024-6232 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython < 3.8.20 - Denial of Service via TarFile Header Parsing ReDoS
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 7.5
CVE-2025-8194 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython TarFile Extraction Infinite Loop Vulnerability
There is a defect in the CPython “tarfile” module affecting the “TarFile” extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives. This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the “tarfile” module:  https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1
CVSS 7.5
CVE-2024-6232 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython < 3.8.20 - Denial of Service via TarFile Header Parsing ReDoS
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 7.5
CVE-2025-8194 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython TarFile Extraction Infinite Loop Vulnerability
There is a defect in the CPython “tarfile” module affecting the “TarFile” extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives. This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the “tarfile” module:  https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1
CVSS 7.5
CVE-2024-6232 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython < 3.8.20 - Denial of Service via TarFile Header Parsing ReDoS
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 7.5
CVE-2025-8194 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython TarFile Extraction Infinite Loop Vulnerability
There is a defect in the CPython “tarfile” module affecting the “TarFile” extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives. This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the “tarfile” module:  https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1
CVSS 7.5
CVE-2026-0865 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
Python CPython - HTTP Header Injection
User-controlled header names and values containing newlines can allow injecting HTTP headers.
CVE-2025-8194 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython TarFile Extraction Infinite Loop Vulnerability
There is a defect in the CPython “tarfile” module affecting the “TarFile” extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives. This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the “tarfile” module:  https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1
CVSS 7.5
CVE-2026-0865 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
Python CPython - HTTP Header Injection
User-controlled header names and values containing newlines can allow injecting HTTP headers.
CVE-2025-8194 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython TarFile Extraction Infinite Loop Vulnerability
There is a defect in the CPython “tarfile” module affecting the “TarFile” extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives. This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the “tarfile” module:  https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1
CVSS 7.5
CVE-2025-8194 WRITEUP HIGH WRITEUP
CPython TarFile Extraction Infinite Loop Vulnerability
There is a defect in the CPython “tarfile” module affecting the “TarFile” extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation would process tar archives with negative offsets without error, resulting in an infinite loop and deadlock during the parsing of maliciously crafted tar archives. This vulnerability can be mitigated by including the following patch after importing the “tarfile” module:  https://gist.github.com/sethmlarson/1716ac5b82b73dbcbf23ad2eff8b33e1
CVSS 7.5
CVE-2026-0865 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
Python CPython - HTTP Header Injection
User-controlled header names and values containing newlines can allow injecting HTTP headers.
CVE-2021-4189 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
Python 3.6.0-3.6.13 - FTP Client Passive Mode Connection Spoofing
A flaw was found in Python, specifically in the FTP (File Transfer Protocol) client library in PASV (passive) mode. The issue is how the FTP client trusts the host from the PASV response by default. This flaw allows an attacker to set up a malicious FTP server that can trick FTP clients into connecting back to a given IP address and port. This vulnerability could lead to FTP client scanning ports, which otherwise would not have been possible.
CVSS 5.3
CVE-2023-6507 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
CPython 3.12.0 - Improper Privilege Management in subprocess extra_groups Parameter
An issue was found in CPython 3.12.0 `subprocess` module on POSIX platforms. The issue was fixed in CPython 3.12.1 and does not affect other stable releases. When using the `extra_groups=` parameter with an empty list as a value (ie `extra_groups=[]`) the logic regressed to not call `setgroups(0, NULL)` before calling `exec()`, thus not dropping the original processes' groups before starting the new process. There is no issue when the parameter isn't used or when any value is used besides an empty list. This issue only impacts CPython processes run with sufficient privilege to make the `setgroups` system call (typically `root`).
CVSS 6.1
CVE-2024-11168 WRITEUP LOW WRITEUP
Python urllib.parse - Bracketed Host Validation Server-Side Request Forgery
The urllib.parse.urlsplit() and urlparse() functions improperly validated bracketed hosts (`[]`), allowing hosts that weren't IPv6 or IPvFuture. This behavior was not conformant to RFC 3986 and potentially enabled SSRF if a URL is processed by more than one URL parser.
CVSS 3.7
CVE-2024-3219 WRITEUP MEDIUM WRITEUP
CPython <3.8.20, 3.9.0-3.9.19, 3.10.0-3.10.14, 3.11.0-3.11.9, 3.12.0-3.12.4, 3.13.0a1-3.13.0rc0 - Socket Connection Race
The “socket” module provides a pure-Python fallback to the socket.socketpair() function for platforms that don’t support AF_UNIX, such as Windows. This pure-Python implementation uses AF_INET or AF_INET6 to create a local connected pair of sockets. The connection between the two sockets was not verified before passing the two sockets back to the user, which leaves the server socket vulnerable to a connection race from a malicious local peer. Platforms that support AF_UNIX such as Linux and macOS are not affected by this vulnerability. Versions prior to CPython 3.5 are not affected due to the vulnerable API not being included.