When decompressing crafted zip files using the bzip/LZMA/Zstandard

compressions, Python could use an attacker-controlled size to

pre-allocate memory, possibly resulting in memory exhaustion.

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Tue, 25 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description When decompressing crafted zip files using the bzip/LZMA/Zstandard compressions, Python could use an attacker-controlled size to pre-allocate memory, possibly resulting in memory exhaustion.
Title zipfile: bzip2/LZMA/Zstandard members decompress without a max_length bound, defeating chunked-read memory limits
Weaknesses CWE-400
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 2.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: PSF

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-25T17:43:24.947Z

Reserved: 2026-07-09T17:39:12.652Z

Link: CVE-2026-15310

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T17:39:17.557Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-25T15:16:30.027

Modified: 2026-08-25T18:17:51.593

Link: CVE-2026-15310

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-25T17:15:05Z

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