CVE-2025-8194 Affecting python package, versions <2.7.18-150000.83.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.22% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-PYTHON-11488565
  • published6 Aug 2025
  • disclosed5 Aug 2025

Introduced: 5 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-8194  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 python to version 2.7.18-150000.83.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python package and not the python package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 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