cve/2024/CVE-2024-6232.md

### [CVE-2024-6232](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-6232)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=CPython&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=3.10.0%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=3.11.0%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=3.12.0%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=3.13.0a1%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=3.9.0%20&color=brightgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-1333%20Inefficient%20Regular%20Expression%20Complexity&color=brightgreen)

### Description

There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython.Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/GitHubForSnap/matrix-commander-gael
- https://github.com/adegoodyer/kubernetes-admin-toolkit
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds
- https://github.com/robertsirc/sle-bci-demo