bz2.BZ2Decompressor reuse after error can cause a stack buffer overflow
bz2.BZ2Decompressor objects could be reused after a decompression error. If an application caught the resulting OSError and retried with the same decompressor, crafted input could cause the decompressor to resume from an invalid internal state and perform out-of-bounds writes to a stack buffer. This could crash the process when processing untrusted data.
CVE-2026-9669 is recorded against 4 packages.
Published on 25 June 2026 and last revised on 19 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.
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libpython has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:
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Affected Packages
| Software | From version | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| libpython | — | — |
| python | — | — |
| python-min | — | — |
| unknown | — | — |
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