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Medium ALSA-2025:23940 1 CVE

Moderate: python3.12 security update

Published Dec 22, 2025 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.

Security Fix(es):

* cpython: python: Python zipfile End of Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset not checked (CVE-2025-8291)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 10 python-unversioned-command 3.12.12-1.el10_1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 4.3

    ZIP64 End of Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset not checked

    The 'zipfile' module would not check the validity of the ZIP64 End of Central Directory (EOCD) Locator record offset value would not be used to locate the ZIP64 EOCD record, instead the ZIP64 EOCD record would be assumed to be the previous record in the ZIP a…

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-8291
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2402342
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/10/ALSA-2025-23940.html