Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-54368

uv is a Python package and project manager written in Rust.

Published Aug 8, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 8, 2025 · uv is a Python

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54368. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of uv is a Python is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (uv is a Python).
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
Medium6.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.21%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor astral-sh uv < 0.8.6

uv is a Python package and project manager written in Rust. In versions 0.8.5 and earlier, remote ZIP archives were handled in a streamwise fashion, and file entries were not reconciled against the archive's central directory. An attacker could contrive a ZIP archive that would extract with legitimate contents on some package installers, and malicious contents on others due to multiple local file entries. An attacker could also contrive a "stacked" ZIP input with multiple internal ZIPs, which would be handled differently by different package installers. The attacker could choose which installe

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

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  • vendor astral-sh uv < 0.8.6< 0.8.6

How to fix CVE-2025-54368

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-54368. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of uv is a Python is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with astral-sh uv < 0.8.6 < 0.8.6. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Aug 8, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    uv is a Python package and project manager written in Rust. In versions 0.8.5 and earlier, remote ZIP archives were handled in a streamwise fashion, and file entries were not reconciled against the archive's central directory. An attacker could contrive a ZIP archive that would extract with legitimate contents on some package installers, and malicious contents on others due to multiple local file

  2. Aug 8, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    uv is a Python package and project manager written in Rust. In versions 0.8.5 and earlier, remote ZIP archives were handled in a streamwise fashion, and file entries were not reconciled against the archive's central directory. An attacker could contrive a ZIP archive that would extract with legitimate contents on some package installers, and malicious contents on others due to multiple local file

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-54368

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-54368

    30-day exploitation probability 0.21%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-23970

    uv is a Python package and project manager written in Rust. In versions 0.8.5 and earlier, remote ZIP archives were handled in a streamwise fashion, and file entries were not reconciled against the archive's central directory. An attacker could contrive a ZIP archive that would e

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 26, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 20, 2026