CVE-2024-5569

python-zipp: A Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in the jaraco/zipp library, affecting all versions prior to 3.19.1

CVE-2024-5569 is fixed in 5 products on 1 platform, first by pypy-zipp 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1, released July 8, 2024. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
6.2
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0024
14th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
pypy-zipp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 pypy-zipp 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 Jul 8, 2024
python-zipp · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 1.0.0-6+deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5569 Jul 9, 2024
python-zipp · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 3.19.2-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2024-5569 Jul 9, 2024
python-zipp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 python-zipp 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 Jul 8, 2024
python-zipp · opensuse-leap 15.6 3.15.0-150400.10.10.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2400-1 Jul 11, 2024
python-zipp · sles 15.6 3.17.0-150600.3.3.1 SUSE-SU-2024:2397-1 Jul 11, 2024
python3-zipp · Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal) 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 python3-zipp 1.0.0-1ubuntu0.1 Jul 8, 2024
python3-zipp · Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (jammy) 1.0.0-3ubuntu0.1 python3-zipp 1.0.0-3ubuntu0.1 Jul 8, 2024
python3-zipp · Ubuntu 24.04.5 LTS (noble) 1.0.0-6ubuntu0.1 python3-zipp 1.0.0-6ubuntu0.1 Jul 8, 2024
python3-zipp · ol 9 0:3.20.1-2.el9 ELSA-2025-20533 Aug 19, 2025
python3.11-setuptools · amzn 2023 65.5.1-2.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2024-653 Jul 18, 2024
python3.11-setuptools-wheel · amzn 2023 65.5.1-2.amzn2023.0.5 ALAS2023-2024-653 Jul 18, 2024

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