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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-48804 EUVD-2026-56894GHSA-5w7q-77mv-v69fPYSEC-2026-3042

python-socketio: Binary attachment accumulation can cause denial of service

Published Aug 11, 2026 · Updated Aug 13, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

python-socketio is a Python implementation of the Socket.IO realtime client and server. The python-socketio server stores binary `EVENT` and `ACK` messages in memory while it waits to receive their binary attachments. Once all the attachments are received, these messages are then processed. Prior to version 5.16.4, an attacker can submit a binary message and intentionally omit sending one or more of its attachments to cause the message along with the partial list of received attachments to stay in memory for a long time. Version 5.16.4 takes the following measures to address this issue: Binary packets are only accepted from authenticated clients and, when a client disconnects, the server checks if there is a partial binary message being held for the client and deletes it.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
miguelgrinberg python-socketio < 5.16.4 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 python-socketio 5.17.0-1 —
Debian 13 python-socketio No fix yet —
Debian 12 python-socketio No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 python-socketio No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS python-socketio No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS python-socketio No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS python-socketio No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS python-socketio No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP6 python-python-socketio 5.7.2-150600.3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3086-1
SLES 3 python-python-socketio 5.7.2-150600.3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3086-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP6 python-python-socketio 5.7.2-150600.3.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:3086-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-python-socketio 5.16.3-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11171-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI python-socketio < 5.16.2 5.16.2 GHSA-5w7q-77mv-v69f

Advisories 2

References