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TI-2026-66831 Aliases GHSA-36hh-v3qg-5jq4

PyO3 has an Out-of-bounds Read in `nth` / `nth_back` for `PyList` and `PyTuple` iterators

Priority LOW 38CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
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Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.

Summary

PyO3 0.24.0 added optimized implementations of `Iterator::nth` and `DoubleEndedIterator::nth_back` for the `BoundListIterator` and `BoundTupleIterator` types. These implementations computed the target index using unchecked `usize` addition (`index + n`) before bounds-checking against the sequence length, then read the element via `get_item_unchecked`. In `nth` methods, a sufficiently large `n` (combined with a non-zero internal index) could cause the addition to overflow and wrap around, producing a small "target index" that passed the bounds check and enabling reads at the front of the `list` or `tuple` of elements previously yielded by the iterator. In `nth_back` methods, a sufficiently large `n` could cause underflow in a similar fashion, however would instead allow reads of arbitrary memory past the end of the `list` or `tuple` storage.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed pyo3 (crates.io): 0.29.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—pyo3 (crates.io)before 0.29.00.29.0Patch availableGHSA-36hh-v3qg-5jq4
  • pyo3 (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.29.0 Fixed in 0.29.0 Patch available GHSA-36hh-v3qg-5jq4

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-36hh-v3qg-5jq4 pyo3 (crates.io) Fixed in 0.29.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-36hh-v3qg-5jq4

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