CVE-2008-2316: Python

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Integer overflow in _hashopenssl.c in the hashlib module in Python 2.5.2 and earlier might allow context-dependent attackers to defeat cryptographic digests, related to "partial hashlib hashing of data exceeding 4GB."

Affected products

• Python Python: up to and including 2.5.2

Published 2008-08-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.