Summary
Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented programming language, which includes modules, classes, exceptions, very high level dynamic data types and dynamic typing. Python supports interfaces to many system calls and libraries, as well as to various windowing systems.
Security Fix(es):
* urllib3: urllib3: Denial of Service via unbounded memory allocation in chunk parser (CVE-2026-97689)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Fixed packages 1
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Rocky Linux · 8 | python-urllib3 | 0:1.24.2-11.el8_10 |
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.9
urllib3: HTTPResponse.stream()/read_chunked() buffers an unbounded chunk-size line into memory
urllib3 is an HTTP client library for Python. From 1.10.3 until 2.8.0, the HTTPResponse.read_chunked and HTTPResponse.stream methods can allocate unbounded memory because the streaming chunk parser buffers the chunk-size field until newline or EOF without a l…