CVE-2025-13462

A flaw was found in the tarfile module of cpython. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to craft a malicious tar archive that, when processed, could be misinterpreted by the tarfile module. This misinterpretation occurs because the module incorrectly applies normalization of AREGTYPE block...

Amazon Linux 2 : python (ALAS-2025-2961)

The version of python installed on the remote host is prior to 2.7.18-1. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2025-2961 advisory. There is a defect in the CPython tarfile module affecting the TarFile extraction and entry enumeration APIs. The tar implementation...