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zipfile: bzip2/LZMA/Zstandard members decompress without a max_length bound, defeating chunked-read memory limits

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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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CVE-2026-15310

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2026-15310

CPython

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "repo": "https://github.com/python/cpython",
    "vendor": "Python Software Foundation",
    "product": "CPython",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0",
        "lessThan": "3.10.22",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.11.0",
        "lessThan": "3.11.17",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.12.0",
        "lessThan": "3.12.15",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.13.0",
        "lessThan": "3.13.16",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.14.0",
        "lessThan": "3.14.8",
        "versionType": "python"
      },
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "3.15.0a1",
        "lessThan": "3.15.0rc2",
        "versionType": "python"
      }
    ],
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2026-15310

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low

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Event
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