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RHSA-2025:19421

RHSA-2025:19421 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.099999904632568 HIGH

Record from redhat · Published November 3, 2025

A flaw was found in the Python tarfile module. Processing a specially crafted tar archive, specifically an archive with negative offsets, can cause an infinite loop and deadlock. This issue results in a denial of service in the Python application using the tarfile module.

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1
7.099999904632568
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Red Hatregistry.redhat.io/rhelai1/instructlab-intel-rhel9@sha256:cf0ec4ad1520ff2ce83420846830286e036f310f880cf8a533f0966c35ebd32f_amd64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI 1.5*

Timeline

  • Nov 3, 2025 CVE Published
  • Aug 16, 2026 CVE Updated
  • Aug 16, 2026 Distribution Patch (2 in total, the first dated here)
  • Aug 16, 2026 Security Advisory (5 in total, the first dated here)

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