Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-65984.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-65984
Upstream
Published
2025-07-28T19:15:43Z
Modified
2026-04-01T05:20:54.354859Z
Summary
CVE-2025-8194 affecting package python3 for versions less than 3.9.19-15
Details

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

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:2 / python3

Package

Name
python3
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/python3

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.9.19-15

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-65984.json"