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CVE-2026-6100
Published:April 13, 2026
Updated:April 23, 2026
Use-after-free (UAF) was possible in the "lzma.LZMADecompressor", "bz2.BZ2Decompressor", and "gzip.GzipFile" when a memory allocation fails with a "MemoryError" and the decompression instance is re-used. This scenario can be triggered if the process is under memory pressure. The fix cleans up the dangling pointer in this specific error condition. The vulnerability is only present if the program re-uses decompressor instances across multiple decompression calls even after a "MemoryError" is raised during decompression. Using the helper functions to one-shot decompress data such as "lzma.decompress()", "bz2.decompress()", "gzip.decompress()", and "zlib.decompress()" are not affected as a new decompressor instance is used per call. If the decompressor instance is not re-used after an error condition, this usage is similarly not vulnerable.
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
9.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Attack Requirements
PRESENT
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.4
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Use After Free
Out-of-bounds Write
EPSS
Base Score:
0.09