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GHSA-36hh-v3qg-5jq4: PyO3 has an Out-of-bounds Read in `nth` / `nth_back` for `PyList` and `PyTuple` iterators

June 12, 2026

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.

References

  • github.com/PyO3/pyo3/pull/6086
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-36hh-v3qg-5jq4
  • rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2026-0176.html

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Affected versions

All versions before 0.29.0

Fixed versions

  • 0.29.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 0.29.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read

Source file

cargo/pyo3/GHSA-36hh-v3qg-5jq4.yml

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