1. A string in decimal-dot notation, consisting of four decimal integers in
the inclusive range 0--255, separated by dots (e.g. ``192.168.0.1``). Each
integer represents an octet (byte) in the address. Leading zeroes are
- tolerated only for values less than 8 (as there is no ambiguity
- between the decimal and octal interpretations of such strings).
+ not tolerated to prevent confusion with octal notation.
2. An integer that fits into 32 bits.
3. An integer packed into a :class:`bytes` object of length 4 (most
significant octet first).
>>> ipaddress.IPv4Address(b'\xC0\xA8\x00\x01')
IPv4Address('192.168.0.1')
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.8
+
+ Leading zeros are tolerated, even in ambiguous cases that look like
+ octal notation.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.10
+
+ Leading zeros are no longer tolerated and are treated as an error.
+ IPv4 address strings are now parsed as strict as glibc
+ :func:`~socket.inet_pton`.
+
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.9.5
+
+ The above change was also included in Python 3.9 starting with
+ version 3.9.5.
+
.. attribute:: version
The appropriate version number: ``4`` for IPv4, ``6`` for IPv6.
library/ipaddress,,::,>>> ipaddress.IPv6Address('2001:db8::1000')
library/ipaddress,,:db8,'2001:db8::1000'
library/ipaddress,,::,'2001:db8::1000'
-library/ipaddress,231,:db8,">>> f'{ipaddress.IPv6Address(""2001:db8::1000""):s}'"
-library/ipaddress,231,::,">>> f'{ipaddress.IPv6Address(""2001:db8::1000""):s}'"
+library/ipaddress,,:db8,">>> f'{ipaddress.IPv6Address(""2001:db8::1000""):s}'"
+library/ipaddress,,::,">>> f'{ipaddress.IPv6Address(""2001:db8::1000""):s}'"
library/ipaddress,,::,IPv6Address('ff02::5678%1')
library/ipaddress,,::,fe80::1234
library/ipaddress,,:db8,">>> ipaddress.ip_address(""2001:db8::1"").reverse_pointer"
If present, scope zone ID is available through the :attr:`~ipaddress.IPv6Address.scope_id` attribute.
(Contributed by Oleksandr Pavliuk in :issue:`34788`.)
+Starting with Python 3.9.5 the :mod:`ipaddress` module no longer
+accepts any leading zeros in IPv4 address strings.
+(Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`36384`).
+
math
----
compatible classes that don't inherit from those mentioned types.
(Contributed by Roger Aiudi in :issue:`34775`).
+* Starting with Python 3.9.5 the :mod:`ipaddress` module no longer
+ accepts any leading zeros in IPv4 address strings. Leading zeros are
+ ambiguous and interpreted as octal notation by some libraries. For example
+ the legacy function :func:`socket.inet_aton` treats leading zeros as octal
+ notatation. glibc implementation of modern :func:`~socket.inet_pton` does
+ not accept any leading zeros.
+ (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`36384`).
+
* :func:`codecs.lookup` now normalizes the encoding name the same way as
:func:`encodings.normalize_encoding`, except that :func:`codecs.lookup` also
converts the name to lower case. For example, ``"latex+latin1"`` encoding
if len(octet_str) > 3:
msg = "At most 3 characters permitted in %r"
raise ValueError(msg % octet_str)
+ # Handle leading zeros as strict as glibc's inet_pton()
+ # See security bug bpo-36384
+ if octet_str != '0' and octet_str[0] == '0':
+ msg = "Leading zeros are not permitted in %r"
+ raise ValueError(msg % octet_str)
# Convert to integer (we know digits are legal)
octet_int = int(octet_str, 10)
if octet_int > 255:
class CommonTestMixin_v4(CommonTestMixin):
def test_leading_zeros(self):
- self.assertInstancesEqual("000.000.000.000", "0.0.0.0")
- self.assertInstancesEqual("192.168.000.001", "192.168.0.1")
- self.assertInstancesEqual("016.016.016.016", "16.16.16.16")
- self.assertInstancesEqual("001.000.008.016", "1.0.8.16")
+ # bpo-36384: no leading zeros to avoid ambiguity with octal notation
+ msg = "Leading zeros are not permitted in '\d+'"
+ addresses = [
+ "000.000.000.000",
+ "192.168.000.001",
+ "016.016.016.016",
+ "192.168.000.001",
+ "001.000.008.016",
+ "01.2.3.40",
+ "1.02.3.40",
+ "1.2.03.40",
+ "1.2.3.040",
+ ]
+ for address in addresses:
+ with self.subTest(address=address):
+ with self.assertAddressError(msg):
+ self.factory(address)
def test_int(self):
self.assertInstancesEqual(0, "0.0.0.0")
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+:mod:`ipaddress` module no longer accepts any leading zeros in IPv4 address
+strings. Leading zeros are ambiguous and interpreted as octal notation by
+some libraries. For example the legacy function :func:`socket.inet_aton`
+treats leading zeros as octal notatation. glibc implementation of modern
+:func:`~socket.inet_pton` does not accept any leading zeros. For a while
+the :mod:`ipaddress` module used to accept ambiguous leading zeros.