There is a CRITICAL severity vulnerability affecting CPython. 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 error condition.
The vulnerability is only present if the program re-uses decompressor instances across multiple decompression calls even after a `MemoryError` is raised during decompression. Using the helper functions to one-shot decompress data such as `lzma.decompress()`, `bz2.decompress()`, `gzip.decompress()`, and `zlib.decompress()` are not affected as a new decompressor instance is created for each call. If the decompressor instance is not re-used after an error condition, this usage is similarly not vulnerable. Please see the linked CVE ID for the latest information on affected versions: * https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6100 * https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/148396
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