Description
HTTPX2 is a next generation HTTP client for Python. From 2.5.0 until 2.10.0, the HTTPX2 Server-Sent Events parser in src/httpx2/httpx2/_sse.py repeatedly copies and rescans buffered text in _SSELineDecoder.decode() when an attacker-controlled or compromised SSE endpoint splits one unterminated line across many response chunks. The behavior affects httpx2.Client.sse() and httpx2.AsyncClient.sse(), and the total processing work grows quadratically with the line length, allowing a crafted stream to consume excessive CPU and block a synchronous worker or asynchronous event loop. This issue is fixed in version 2.10.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| pydantic | httpx2 | >= 2.5.0, < 2.10.0 | — |
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.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | python-httpx2 | 2.12.0-1 | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | python-httpx2 | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | httpx2 | >= 2.5.0, < 2.10.0 | 2.10.0 | GHSA-f2fp-rgf2-35cp |
References
- https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2/security/advisories/GHSA-f2fp-rgf2-35cp
- https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2/pull/1071
- https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2/pull/1117
- https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2/commit/cbfc0e04ef6507da29ccbb3b9c2e5b23dd693414
- https://github.com/pydantic/httpx2/releases/tag/v2.10.0