A AegiFlow
HIGHCVSS 7.5

CVE-2019-20907

CVE-2019-20907 updated by NVD

Modified
2026-10-16
Sources
nvd

Summary

In Lib/tarfile.py in Python through 3.8.3, an attacker is able to craft a TAR archive leading to an infinite loop when opened by tarfile.open, because _proc_pax lacks header validation.

References

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