CVE-2025-8194 Affecting python-requests package, versions <0:2.25.0-3.module+el8.10.0+1860+afcc1c71


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-PYTHONREQUESTS-12556337
  • published9 Sept 2025
  • disclosed28 Jul 2025

Introduced: 28 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-8194  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 python-requests to version 0:2.25.0-3.module+el8.10.0+1860+afcc1c71 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2025:14900.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-requests package and not the python-requests package as distributed by Rocky-Linux. See How to fix? for Rocky-Linux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1