CVE-2025-13836
6.3
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
Summary
When reading an HTTP response from a server, if no read amount is specified, the default behavior will be to use Content-Length. This allows a malicious server to cause the client to read large amounts of data into memory, potentially causing OOM or other DoS.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 0 < 3.10.20 | affected |
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 3.11.0 < 3.11.15 | affected |
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 3.12.0 < 3.12.13 | affected |
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 3.13.0 < 3.13.11 | affected |
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 3.14.0 < 3.14.1 | affected |
| Python Software Foundation | CPython | 3.15.0a1 < 3.15.0a3 | affected |
Weaknesses
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: partial
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119451
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119454
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4ce27904b597c77d74dd93f2c912676021a99155
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a4c4a033a4a54481be6870aa1896fad732555b5
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/OQ6G7MKRQIS3OAREC3HNG3D2DPOU34XO/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/289f29b0fe38baf2d7cb5854f4bb573cc34a6a15
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/14b1fdb0a94b96f86fc7b86671ea9582b8676628
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5dc101675fd22918facbbe0fecdc821502beaaf0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/afc40bdd3dd71f343fd9016f6d8eebbacbd6587c
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