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High · 7.5 CVE-2026-73568 EUVD-2026-58183GHSA-hmj8-5xmh-5573PYSEC-2026-3681

py-libp2p: yamux connection DoS via oversized data frame

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

Description

py-libp2p is the Python implementation of the libp2p networking stack. In 0.7.0 and earlier, the yamux handle_incoming() method in libp2p/stream_muxer/yamux/yamux.py reads an attacker-controlled 32-bit DATA frame length with read_exactly() before validating it against MAX_WINDOW_SIZE or checking whether stream_id exists. A peer that completes the standard Noise handshake can send a 12-byte frame declaring a 0xFFFFFFFF body and then withhold the body, causing the sequential yamux read loop used by the default new_host() configuration to block and preventing every stream on that connection from making progress. No fixed version is available as of this review.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
libp2p py-libp2p <= 0.7.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI libp2p <= 0.7.0 — GHSA-hmj8-5xmh-5573

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