CVE-2026-59980

Public on 2026-09-23
Modified on 2026-09-25
Description
A flaw was found in hpack, an HTTP/2 Header Encoding for Python. Unbounded variable integer decoding can lead to excessive computation when processing specially crafted, malformed input. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a denial of service by effectively blocking further processing within the affected component.
Severity
Important severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2023 python-hpack Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H