An issue was discovered in Python before 3.11.1. An unnecessary quadratic algorithm exists in one path when processing some inputs to the IDNA (RFC 3490) decoder, such that a crafted, unreasonably long name being presented to the decoder could lead to a CPU denial of service. Hostnames are often supplied by remote servers that could be controlled by a malicious actor; in such a scenario, they could trigger excessive CPU consumption on the client attempting to make use of an attacker-supplied supposed hostname. For example, the attack payload could be placed in the Location header of an HTTP response with status code 302. A fix is planned in 3.11.1, 3.10.9, 3.9.16, 3.8.16, and 3.7.16.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98433 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98433 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.5 · python, fedoraproject, netappNVD modified 2026-10-14 19:16
Affected (CPE criteria) 27
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- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00039.html
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- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZB5YCMIRVX35RUB6XPOWKENCVCJEVDRK/
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202305-02 Third Party Advisory
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- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98433 Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/05/msg00024.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/06/msg00039.html
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- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
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