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CPython zipfile CVE-2026-15310

| EUVDEUVD-2026-65519 LOW
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-08-25 PSF GHSA-xj79-6hh5-9w6q
2.1
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: PSF

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Vendor (PSF) PRIMARY
2.1 LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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4.3 MEDIUM

Network-delivered archive requires victim to open it (UI:R); impact is limited to partial memory exhaustion with no confidentiality or integrity exposure.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (PSF).

CVSS VectorVendor: PSF

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
A
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Source Code Evidence Fetched
Aug 25, 2026 - 15:45 vuln.today
Analysis Generated
Aug 25, 2026 - 15:45 vuln.today
CVE Published
Aug 25, 2026 - 15:07 cve.org
LOW 2.1

DescriptionCVE.org

When decompressing crafted zip files using the bzip/LZMA/Zstandard

compressions, Python could use an attacker-controlled size to

pre-allocate memory, possibly resulting in memory exhaustion.

AnalysisAI

Unbounded memory allocation in CPython's zipfile module allows a crafted archive to exhaust process memory during decompression of bzip2, LZMA, or Zstandard members. The ZipExtFile._read1() method lacked the max_length output bound that the DEFLATE code path already enforced, permitting a small compressed member with an attacker-controlled declared size to expand into unlimited memory per read call. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires that the target opens a crafted zip archive using Python's zipfile module, and that the archive contains at least one member compressed with bzip2 (ZIP_BZIP2), LZMA (ZIP_LZMA), or Zstandard (ZIP_ZSTANDARD) - the DEFLATE (ZIP_DEFLATED) and stored (ZIP_STORED) formats are NOT vulnerable, as they already enforced output bounds. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1 accurately reflects the constrained real-world impact: VA:L indicates only low availability loss, UI:A requires that someone or something opens the crafted archive, and AT:P signals a specific attack requirement is present. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation The upstream fix is available as merged GitHub pull request https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/156003, which adds bounded decompress() calls for bzip2, LZMA, and Zstandard paths in zipfile. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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