FKIE_CVE-2026-23490

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-01-16 19:16 - Updated: 2026-06-17 10:21
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Summary
pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.2, a Denial-of-Service issue has been found that leads to memory exhaustion from malformed RELATIVE-OID with excessive continuation octets. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.2.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/commit/3908f144229eed4df24bd569d16e5991ace44970Patch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/releases/tag/v0.6.2Product, Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/security/advisories/GHSA-63vm-454h-vhhqVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/02/msg00002.htmlVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pyasn1 pyasn1 *
debian debian_linux 11.0
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