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CVE-2019-9674

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-02-04 · updated 2026-10-14
• Weakness: CWE-400

Description

Lib/zipfile.py in Python through 3.7.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) via a ZIP bomb.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 20.04
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: all versions
• Python: from 3.2 through 3.8

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00041.html
• https://bugs.python.org/issue36260
• https://bugs.python.org/issue36462
• https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Lib/zipfile.py
• https://python-security.readthedocs.io/security.html#archives-and-zip-bomb
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200221-0003/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4428-1/
• https://www.python.org/news/security/
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00003.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00041.html
• https://bugs.python.org/issue36260

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