A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the jaraco/zipp library, affecting all versions prior to 3.19.1. The vulnerability is triggered when processing a specially crafted zip file that leads to an infinite loop. This issue also impacts the zipfile module of CPython, as features from the third-party zipp library are later merged into CPython, and the affected code is identical in both projects. The infinite loop can be initiated through the use of functions affecting the `Path` module in both zipp and zipfile, such as `joinpath`, the overloaded division operator, and `iterdir`. Although the infinite loop is not resource exhaustive, it prevents the application from responding. The vulnerability was addressed in version 3.19.1 of jaraco/zipp.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 6.2
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-py3-zipp | Nov 10, 2025 | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-python-zipp | May 15, 2025 | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| Dell Powerstore Dsa2025342 | dell-powerstoreos-upgrade-latest | Jan 13, 2026 | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp11 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp11-upgrade-python3-zipp | Oct 9, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp12 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp12-upgrade-python3-zipp | Nov 5, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-python3-zipp | Dec 22, 2025 | Jul 9, 2024 |
| Redhat Openshift | linuxrpm-upgrade-python-zipp | Oct 24, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-python311-zippsuse-upgrade-python313-zipp | Jul 12, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-pypy-zippubuntu-upgrade-python-zippubuntu-upgrade-python3-zipp | Jul 25, 2024 | Jul 9, 2024 |
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