commit a44bb6ddb17538b7b2096d13eb79a1208bd97f34
author Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> Mon May 17 12:42:08 2021 -0700
committer GitHub <noreply@github.com> Mon May 17 12:42:08 2021 -0700
tree 06f3b92b1d3381cfb53482647203cf75f5386e48
parent 7a588621c2854bcef6ce9eeb54349b84ac078c45

bpo-33433 Fix private address checking for IPv4 mapped IPv6. (GH-26172)


For IPv4 mapped IPv6 addresses, defer privacy check to the mapped IPv4 address. Solves bug where public mapped IPv4 addresses are considered private by the IPv6 check.

Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:gpshead
(cherry picked from commit 83f0f8d62f279f846a92fede2244beaa0149b9d8)

Co-authored-by: Pete Wicken <2273100+JamoBox@users.noreply.github.com>

Lib/ipaddress.py

diff --git a/Lib/ipaddress.py b/Lib/ipaddress.py
index af7aedf..4a6496a 100644
--- a/Lib/ipaddress.py
+++ b/Lib/ipaddress.py
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 IPV4LENGTH = 32
 IPV6LENGTH = 128
 
+
 class AddressValueError(ValueError):
     """A Value Error related to the address."""
 
@@ -2002,9 +2003,13 @@ def is_private(self):
 
         Returns:
             A boolean, True if the address is reserved per
-            iana-ipv6-special-registry.
+            iana-ipv6-special-registry, or is ipv4_mapped and is
+            reserved in the iana-ipv4-special-registry.
 
         """
+        ipv4_mapped = self.ipv4_mapped
+        if ipv4_mapped is not None:
+            return ipv4_mapped.is_private
         return any(self in net for net in self._constants._private_networks)
 
     @property