CVE-2026-23490 (GCVE-0-2026-23490)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-01-16 19:03 – Updated: 2026-02-01 17:06
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Title
pyasn1 has a DoS vulnerability in decoder
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.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
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pyasn1 pyasn1 Affected: < 0.6.2
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