THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-6100 (HIGH 8.1) — 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
[NVD] CVE-2026-6100 (HIGH 8.1) — 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
CVE-2026-6100 CVSS: 8.1 HIGH Published: 2026-04-13T18:16:31.297
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 err
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-6100cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6100