Make IPv4-mapped IPv6 address properties consistent with IPv4

Author: sethmlarson

Lib/ipaddress.py

@@ -2043,6 +2043,9 @@ def is_multicast(self):
             See RFC 2373 2.7 for details.
 
         """
+        ipv4_mapped = self.ipv4_mapped
+        if ipv4_mapped is not None:
+            return ipv4_mapped.is_multicast
         return self in self._constants._multicast_network
 
     @property
@@ -2054,6 +2057,9 @@ def is_reserved(self):
             reserved IPv6 Network ranges.
 
         """
+        ipv4_mapped = self.ipv4_mapped
+        if ipv4_mapped is not None:
+            return ipv4_mapped.is_reserved
         return any(self in x for x in self._constants._reserved_networks)
 
     @property
@@ -2064,6 +2070,9 @@ def is_link_local(self):
             A boolean, True if the address is reserved per RFC 4291.
 
         """
+        ipv4_mapped = self.ipv4_mapped
+        if ipv4_mapped is not None:
+            return ipv4_mapped.is_link_local
         return self in self._constants._linklocal_network
 
     @property
@@ -2120,6 +2129,9 @@ def is_global(self):
         ``is_global`` has value opposite to :attr:`is_private`, except for the ``100.64.0.0/10``
         IPv4 range where they are both ``False``.
         """
+        ipv4_mapped = self.ipv4_mapped
+        if ipv4_mapped is not None:
+            return ipv4_mapped.is_global
         return not self.is_private
 
     @property
@@ -2131,6 +2143,9 @@ def is_unspecified(self):
             RFC 2373 2.5.2.
 
         """
+        ipv4_mapped = self.ipv4_mapped
+        if ipv4_mapped is not None:
+            return ipv4_mapped.is_unspecified
         return self._ip == 0
 
     @property

Lib/test/test_ipaddress.py

@@ -2440,6 +2440,30 @@ def testIpv4Mapped(self):
         self.assertEqual(ipaddress.ip_address('::ffff:c0a8:101').ipv4_mapped,
                          ipaddress.ip_address('192.168.1.1'))
 
+    def testIpv4MappedProperties(self):
+        # Test that an IPv4 mapped IPv6 address has
+        # the same properties as an IPv4 address.
+        for addr4 in (
+            "178.62.3.251",     # global
+            "169.254.169.254",  # link local
+            "127.0.0.1",        # loopback
+            "224.0.0.1",        # multicast
+            "192.168.0.1",      # private
+            "0.0.0.0",          # unspecified
+            "100.64.0.1",       # public and not global
+        ):
+            with self.subTest(addr4):
+                ipv4 = ipaddress.IPv4Address(addr4)
+                ipv6 = ipaddress.IPv6Address(f"::ffff:{addr4}")
+
+                self.assertEqual(ipv4.is_global, ipv6.is_global)
+                self.assertEqual(ipv4.is_private, ipv6.is_private)
+                self.assertEqual(ipv4.is_reserved, ipv6.is_reserved)
+                self.assertEqual(ipv4.is_multicast, ipv6.is_multicast)
+                self.assertEqual(ipv4.is_unspecified, ipv6.is_unspecified)
+                self.assertEqual(ipv4.is_link_local, ipv6.is_link_local)
+                self.assertEqual(ipv4.is_loopback, ipv6.is_loopback)
+
     def testIpv4MappedPrivateCheck(self):
         self.assertEqual(
                 True, ipaddress.ip_address('::ffff:192.168.1.1').is_private)

Misc/NEWS.d/next/Security/2024-08-07-10-42-13.gh-issue-122792.oiTMo9.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Changed IPv4-mapped IPv6 addresses to consistently use the mapped IPv4
+address for deciding properties. Affected properties are ``is_multicast``,
+``is_reserved``, ``is_link_local``, ``is_global``, and ``is_unspecified``.