Expired Pointer Dereference Affecting cpython package, versions [0,]
Threat Intelligence
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- published15 Apr 2026
- disclosed13 Apr 2026
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 13 Apr 2026
CVE-2026-6100 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Expired Pointer Dereference in the lzma.LZMADecompressor, bz2.BZ2Decompressor, and gzip.GzipFile modules. An attacker can execute arbitrary code or access sensitive information by triggering a use-after-free condition through repeated decompression calls with a previously errored decompressor instance.
Note: This is only exploitable if a decompressor object is re-used after a MemoryError is raised during decompression.