{"cve":"CVE-2024-6232","nvd":{"published":"2024-09-03T13:15:05.363","modified":"2026-06-17T08:17:35.503","status":"Modified","description":"There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython.\n\n\n\n\n\nRegular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":7.5},"cwes":["CWE-1333"],"references":["https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/34ddb64d088dd7ccc321f6103d23153256caa5d4","https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4eaf4891c12589e3c7bdad5f5b076e4c8392dd06","https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/743acbe872485dc18df4d8ab2dc7895187f062c4","https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/7d1f50cd92ff7e10a1c15a8f591dde8a6843a64d","https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b4225ca91547aa97ed3aca391614afbb255bc877"],"products":["python:python"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2024-6232","score":0.02203,"percentile":0.82548,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}