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CVE-2025-8194

CVE Details

Release Date:2025-07-28
Impact:Moderate What is this?

Description


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

See more information about CVE-2025-8194 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.


CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score: 7.5
Vector String: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Version: 3.1
Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: None
Availability Impact: High

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 10 (python3.12) ELSA-2025-149842025-09-02
Oracle Linux version 8 (Cython) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (PyYAML) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (mod_wsgi) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (numpy) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (pybind11) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (pytest) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-PyMySQL) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-attrs) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-cffi) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-chardet) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-cryptography) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-idna) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-iniconfig) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-lxml) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-more-itertools) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-packaging) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-pluggy) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-ply) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-psutil) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-psycopg2) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-py) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-pycparser) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-pysocks) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-requests) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-toml) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-urllib3) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-wcwidth) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python-wheel) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python3) ELSA-2025-145602025-08-26
Oracle Linux version 8 (python3.11) ELSA-2025-148412025-08-28
Oracle Linux version 8 (python3.12) ELSA-2025-145462025-08-25
Oracle Linux version 8 (python39) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python3x-pip) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python3x-pyparsing) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python3x-setuptools) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (python3x-six) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (scipy) ELSA-2025-149002025-08-29
Oracle Linux version 9 (python3.11) ELSA-2025-150102025-09-02
Oracle Linux version 9 (python3.12) ELSA-2025-150072025-09-02
Oracle Linux version 9 (python3.9) ELSA-2025-150192025-09-02


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