CVE-2024-75927.5HighCWE-400

CVE-2024-7592: Quadratic complexity parsing cookies with backslashes

Python Software Foundation · CPython

Vendor fix available · Affected: Python Software Foundation CPython · Exploitation: possible (1 to 10%)

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2.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

83rd percentile

050100

Higher than 83% of scored CVEs

7.5HighCVSS 3.1

LowMediumHighCrit.

DescriptionCVE.org

There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module. When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value, the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity, resulting in excess CPU resources being used while parsing the value.

Affected products1

From the CVE record. A product or version that is not listed is unknown, not unaffected.

Python Software Foundation · CPythonbefore 3.8.20; from 3.9.0 before 3.9.20; from 3.10.0 before 3.10.15; from 3.11.0 before 3.11.10; from 3.12.0 before 3.12.6; from 3.13.0a1 before 3.13.0rc2

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Exploitation: Possible (1 to 10%). EPSS between 1% and 10%.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption · Denial of Service
Vendor: Python Software Foundation
Published: August 2024
Band: Possible (1 to 10%), August 2024

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