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"Slippery Zips and Sticky Tar-Pits" from Python's Security Dev Seth Larson [pdf]

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The Python Software Foundation Security Developer-in-Residence, Seth Larson, published a new white paper with Alpha-Omega titled "Slippery ZIPs and Sticky tar-pits: Security & Archives" about work to remediate 10 vulnerabilities affecting common archive format implementations such as ZIP and tar for critical Python projects.

PDF link: https://alpha-omega.dev/wp-content/uploads/sites/22/2025/10/...

PSF Blog: https://pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/slippery-zips-and-stick...

Alpha-Omega.dev: https://alpha-omega.dev/blog/slippery-zips-and-sticky-tar-pi...