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PYSEC-2021-108
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2021-06-29 11:15 - Updated: 2021-07-02 18:56An issue was discovered in urllib3 before 1.26.5. When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component, the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking, causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
| Name | purl | urllib3 | pkg:pypi/urllib3 |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"name": "urllib3",
"purl": "pkg:pypi/urllib3"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "2d4a3fee6de2fa45eb82169361918f759269b4ec"
}
],
"repo": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3",
"type": "GIT"
},
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "1.25.4"
},
{
"fixed": "1.26.5"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
],
"versions": [
"1.25.4",
"1.25.5",
"1.25.6",
"1.25.7",
"1.25.8",
"1.25.9",
"1.25.10",
"1.25.11",
"1.26.0",
"1.26.1",
"1.26.2",
"1.26.3",
"1.26.4"
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2021-33503",
"GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
],
"details": "An issue was discovered in urllib3 before 1.26.5. When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component, the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking, causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.",
"id": "PYSEC-2021-108",
"modified": "2021-07-02T18:56:20.858344Z",
"published": "2021-06-29T11:15:00Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
},
{
"type": "FIX",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/2d4a3fee6de2fa45eb82169361918f759269b4ec"
}
]
}
BREW-ABI3AUDIT-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:34 – Updated: 2026-09-10 18:49 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
{
"affected": [
{
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"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "urllib3",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/urllib3@2.7.0",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.26.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "abi3audit",
"purl": "pkg:brew/abi3audit"
},
"ranges": [
{
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{
"introduced": "0"
},
{
"fixed": "0.0.26_4"
}
],
"type": "ECOSYSTEM"
}
]
}
],
"database_specific": {
"confidence": "high",
"source": "matched",
"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
"key": "pkg:pypi/urllib3@2.7.0",
"name": "urllib3",
"resource": "urllib3",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "2.7.0"
}
]
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nWhen provided with a URL containing many `@` characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.\n\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.\n\n### References\n\n- [CVE-2021-33503](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33503)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (English)](https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (Japanese)](https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [urllib3 v1.26.5](https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/releases/tag/1.26.5)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Ask in our [community Discord](https://discord.gg/urllib3)\n* Email [sethmichaellarson@gmail.com](mailto:sethmichaellarson@gmail.com)",
"id": "BREW-abi3audit-CVE-2021-33503",
"modified": "2026-09-10T18:49:43Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:34:56Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33503"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/2d4a3fee6de2fa45eb82169361918f759269b4ec"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/5b047b645f5f93900d5e2fc31230848c25eb1f5f#diff-52026d639119bf1e0364836b4e8a18bd9ed3c95c6ba39b26534a5057a65e35bbR65"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/urllib3/PYSEC-2021-108.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6SCV7ZNAHS3E6PBFLJGENCDRDRWRZZ6W"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMUGWEAUYGGHTPPXT6YBD53WYXQGVV73"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-36"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Catastrophic backtracking in URL authority parser when passed URL containing many @ characters",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg",
"CVE-2021-33503",
"PYSEC-2021-108"
]
}
BREW-AIDER-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:40 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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{
"affected": [
{
"ecosystem_specific": {
"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "urllib3",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/urllib3@2.6.3",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.26.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "aider",
"purl": "pkg:brew/aider"
},
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"name": "urllib3",
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"subject_version": "2.6.3"
}
]
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nWhen provided with a URL containing many `@` characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.\n\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.\n\n### References\n\n- [CVE-2021-33503](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33503)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (English)](https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (Japanese)](https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [urllib3 v1.26.5](https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/releases/tag/1.26.5)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Ask in our [community Discord](https://discord.gg/urllib3)\n* Email [sethmichaellarson@gmail.com](mailto:sethmichaellarson@gmail.com)",
"id": "BREW-aider-CVE-2021-33503",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:40:56Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:12Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
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},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/2d4a3fee6de2fa45eb82169361918f759269b4ec"
},
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},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/urllib3/PYSEC-2021-108.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6SCV7ZNAHS3E6PBFLJGENCDRDRWRZZ6W"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMUGWEAUYGGHTPPXT6YBD53WYXQGVV73"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-36"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.7.3",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
},
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Catastrophic backtracking in URL authority parser when passed URL containing many @ characters",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg",
"CVE-2021-33503",
"PYSEC-2021-108"
]
}
BREW-AIRSHARE-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-17 19:58 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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{
"affected": [
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"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "urllib3",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/urllib3@2.7.0",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.26.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "airshare",
"purl": "pkg:brew/airshare"
},
"ranges": [
{
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{
"introduced": "0.1.5"
},
{
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],
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]
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],
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"confidence": "high",
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"strategy": "registry",
"upstream_evidence": [
{
"ecosystem": "PyPI",
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"name": "urllib3",
"resource": "urllib3",
"strategy": "registry",
"subject_version": "2.7.0"
}
]
},
"details": "### Impact\n\nWhen provided with a URL containing many `@` characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.\n\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.\n\n### References\n\n- [CVE-2021-33503](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33503)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (English)](https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (Japanese)](https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [urllib3 v1.26.5](https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/releases/tag/1.26.5)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Ask in our [community Discord](https://discord.gg/urllib3)\n* Email [sethmichaellarson@gmail.com](mailto:sethmichaellarson@gmail.com)",
"id": "BREW-airshare-CVE-2021-33503",
"modified": "2026-09-17T19:58:50Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:13Z",
"references": [
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{
"type": "ADVISORY",
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},
{
"type": "WEB",
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},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg"
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{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/urllib3/PYSEC-2021-108.yaml"
},
{
"type": "PACKAGE",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6SCV7ZNAHS3E6PBFLJGENCDRDRWRZZ6W"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FMUGWEAUYGGHTPPXT6YBD53WYXQGVV73"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-36"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
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"type": "CVSS_V3"
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"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
],
"summary": "Catastrophic backtracking in URL authority parser when passed URL containing many @ characters",
"upstream": [
"GHSA-q2q7-5pp4-w6pg",
"CVE-2021-33503",
"PYSEC-2021-108"
]
}
BREW-AIVEN-CLIENT-CVE-20… (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:40 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
| URL | Type | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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{
"affected": [
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"fix": "bump",
"range_state": "fixed",
"resource": "urllib3",
"resource_purl": "pkg:pypi/urllib3@2.7.0",
"upstream_fixed_in": "1.26.5"
},
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Homebrew",
"name": "aiven-client",
"purl": "pkg:brew/aiven-client"
},
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{
"introduced": "0"
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{
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"strategy": "registry",
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},
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"id": "BREW-aiven-client-CVE-2021-33503",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:40:58Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:13Z",
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"type": "WEB",
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},
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33503"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/2d4a3fee6de2fa45eb82169361918f759269b4ec"
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{
"type": "WEB",
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},
{
"type": "WEB",
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},
{
"type": "WEB",
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"type": "WEB",
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BREW-ANSIBLE-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
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{
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BREW-ANSIBLE@10-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
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{
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BREW-ANSIBLE@12-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
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{
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BREW-ANSIBLE@13-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-10 18:51 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
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BREW-ANSIBLE@9-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-09 23:41 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
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"details": "### Impact\n\nWhen provided with a URL containing many `@` characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.\n\n\n### Patches\n\nThe issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.\n\n### References\n\n- [CVE-2021-33503](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-33503)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (English)](https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [JVNVU#92413403 (Japanese)](https://jvn.jp/vu/JVNVU92413403/)\n- [urllib3 v1.26.5](https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/releases/tag/1.26.5)\n\n### For more information\nIf you have any questions or comments about this advisory:\n* Ask in our [community Discord](https://discord.gg/urllib3)\n* Email [sethmichaellarson@gmail.com](mailto:sethmichaellarson@gmail.com)",
"id": "BREW-ansible@9-CVE-2021-33503",
"modified": "2026-09-09T23:41:06Z",
"published": "2026-08-13T16:35:23Z",
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BREW-APM-CVE-2021-33503 (GHSA-Q2Q7-5PP4-W6PG)
Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 16:35 – Updated: 2026-09-10 18:52 – Source websiteImpact
When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.
Patches
The issue has been fixed in urllib3 v1.26.5.
References
For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Ask in our community Discord * Email sethmichaellarson@gmail.com
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"id": "BREW-apm-CVE-2021-33503",
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},
{
"type": "WEB",
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"PYSEC-2021-108"
]
}
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