Advisory record · GHSA-24cc-9352-h2pg

tinytag: Infinite loop when parsing certain M4A files containing invalid atoms

CVSS 6.5 MediumEPSS 0.0033 · 26th percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 15 Oct 2026, 20:16 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
tinytagPyPI>=2.0.0, <2.3.02.3.0
Identifiers
GHSA-24cc-9352-h2pg · CVE-2026-104266
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-835
Published
15 Oct 2026
Updated
15 Oct 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

The tinytag package, versions 2.0.0 up to but not including 2.3.0, can enter an infinite loop when parsing certain M4A files that contain a sub-atom with a size of zero inside a `----` atom. An attacker who can supply such a file to a program that reads it with tinytag can cause a denial of service. Upgrade to tinytag 2.3.0, which fixes the issue; the source lists no workarounds.

Written 1 Nov 2026.

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
6.5 Medium 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0033, the 26th percentile, on 7 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:08 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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