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GHSA-gjrg-mpp7-g774 py7zr: Decompression bomb (zip bomb) denial of service via unchecked extraction size

MEDIUM Published 2026-06-19 Modified 2026-06-19 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2026-55195
Ecosystem
PyPI
Packages
py7zr
Severity
Moderate
CVSS vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Weaknesses
CWE-409
Reviewed
2026-06-19

Affected packages

• PyPI py7zr: < 1.1.3 → fixed in 1.1.3

Description

py7zr's `Worker.decompress()` extracts archive entries without tracking total decompressed size. A crafted `.7z` file can exhaust disk or memory before the extraction completes. Measured: 15.6 KB archive → 100 MB output (6,556:1 ratio). Proof of concept: ```python import py7zr, tempfile, os create bomb: compress 100MB of zeros into ~15KB bomb_path = tempfile.mktemp(suffix='.7z') with py7zr.SevenZipFile(bomb_path, 'w') as z: import io z.writef(io.BytesIO(b'\x00' * 100 * 1024 * 1024), 'bomb.bin') print(f'archive size: {os.path.getsize(bomb_path):,} bytes') extract — no size check with py7zr.SevenZipFile(bomb_path, 'r') as z: z.extractall(path=tempfile.mkdtemp()) print('extracted 100 MB from ~15 KB archive') ``` Root cause: `Worker.decompress()` in `py7zr/worker.py` writes decompressed data directly to disk without a running total or configurable size limit. There is no equivalent of Python's `zipfile` `max_size` parameter. Fix: track cumulative decompressed bytes and raise before writing if a limit is exceeded: ```python MAX_EXTRACT_SIZE = 2 * 1024 ** 3 # 2 GB default, configurable total = 0 for chunk in decompressed_chunks: total += len(chunk) if total > MAX_EXTRACT_SIZE: raise py7zr.exceptions.DecompressionBombError( f'Extraction aborted: decompressed size exceeded {MAX_EXTRACT_SIZE} bytes' ) outfile.write(chunk) ``` Tested on py7zr 0.22.0, Python 3.12, Ubuntu 22.04.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2026-55195 py7zr is a Python-based library and utility to support 7zip archive compression, decompression, encryption and decryption. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-409 Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) weakness

References