PT-2026-32487

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions CPython affected versions not specified Description A use-after-free UAF issue exists in lzma.LZMADecompressor, bz2.BZ2Decompressor, and gzip.GzipFile. This occurs when a memory allocation fails with a MemoryError and the decompression instanc...

Python -- use-after-free vulnerability in decompressors under memory pressure

Seth Larson reports: There is a CRITICAL severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Use-after-free UAF was possible in the lzma.LZMADecompressor, bz2.BZ2Decompressor, and gzip.GzipFile when a memory allocation fails with a MemoryError and the decompression instance is re-used. This scenario can be...