Medium severity6.2NVD Advisory· Published Mar 19, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026
CVE-2024-0450
CVE-2024-0450
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.
Patches
730fe5d853b5666363b9a7b9f70497218351ba956e510f633d05bac0b7415fa181fcf2156a2c59992e9e8Vulnerability mechanics
Generated by null/stub on May 9, 2026. Inputs: CWE entries + fix-commit diffs from this CVE's patches. Citations validated against bundle.
References
18- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/03/20/5nvd
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/30fe5d853b56138dbec62432d370a1f99409fc85nvd
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/66363b9a7b9fe7c99eba3a185b74c5fdbf842ebanvd
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/70497218351ba44bffc8b571201ecb5652d84675nvd
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/a2c59992e9e8d35baba9695eb186ad6c6ff85c51nvd
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/a956e510f6336d5ae111ba429a61c3ade30a7549nvd
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/d05bac0b74153beb541b88b4fca33bf053990183nvd
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/fa181fcf2156f703347b03a3b1966ce47be8ab3bnvd
- github.com/python/cpython/issues/109858nvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00024.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00025.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/T3IGRX54M7RNCQOXVQO5KQKTGWCOABIM/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/U5VHWS52HGD743C47UMCSAK2A773M2YE/nvd
- mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/XELNUX2L3IOHBTFU7RQHCY6OUVEWZ2FG/nvd
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20250411-0005/nvd
- www.bamsoftware.com/hacks/zipbomb/nvd
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