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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2026-77528 EUVD-2026-83415GHSA-hxp9-w8x3-p566PYSEC-2026-4027PYSEC-2026-4031

Autobahn Python permessage-deflate bypasses maxMessagePayloadSize after inflation

Published Sep 18, 2026 · Updated Sep 19, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Autobahn Python is a WebSocket and WAMP implementation for Python that supports Twisted and asyncio. Prior to 26.7.1, WebSocket endpoints that accept permessage-deflate and rely on maxMessagePayloadSize enforce that limit against the compressed frame length before inflation but do not recheck the decompressed message size before delivery. A remote unauthenticated client can send a valid compressed frame below the configured wire-size limit that expands beyond the application message limit, causing oversized data to be allocated, joined, validated, and passed to application callbacks. This can create resource-exhaustion pressure, but the advisory does not establish confidentiality or integrity impact. This issue is fixed in version 26.7.1.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
crossbario autobahn-python < 26.7.1 —

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-autobahn No fix yet —
Debian 13 python-autobahn No fix yet —
Debian 12 python-autobahn No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 python-autobahn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS python-autobahn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS python-autobahn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS python-autobahn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS python-autobahn No fix yet —
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS python-autobahn No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS python-autobahn No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-autobahn 26.7.1-2.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11852-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI autobahn < 26.7.1 26.7.1 GHSA-hxp9-w8x3-p566
PyPI crossbar < 26.7.1 26.7.1 GHSA-hxp9-w8x3-p566

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