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CVE-2026-6100

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Record status
Published
Identifier year (not publication year)
2026
Source publication
Source updated
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Source snapshot
cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·

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CNA source text (English)

Use-after-free in lzma.LZMADecompressor, bz2.BZ2Decompressor, and gzip.GzipFile after re-use under memory pressure

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 triggered if the process is under memory pressure. The fix cleans up the dangling pointer in this specific error condition. The vulnerability is only present if the program re-uses decompressor instances across multiple decompression calls even after a `MemoryError` is raised during decompression. Using the helper functions to one-shot decompress data such as `lzma.decompress()`, `bz2.decompress()`, `gzip.decompress()`, and `zlib.decompress()` are not affected as a new decompressor instance is used per call. If the decompressor instance is not re-used after an error condition, this usage is similarly not vulnerable.

Scoped product and version facts

Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.

Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

CPython

Vendor
Python Software Foundation
Product
CPython
Platforms
Unknown
Default status
unaffected
CPython · Scoped product and version facts
Version (version)Status (status)Version scheme (versionType)Exclusive end (lessThan)Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual)Status changes (at → status)
0affectedpython3.10.21UnavailableNone listed
3.11.0affectedpython3.11.16UnavailableNone listed
3.12.0affectedpython3.12.14UnavailableNone listed
3.13.0affectedpython3.13.14UnavailableNone listed
3.14.0a1affectedpython3.14.5rc1UnavailableNone listed
3.15.0a1affectedpython3.15.0b1UnavailableNone listed