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pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python.

CVE-2026-30922

pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.3, the pyasn1 library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack caused by uncontrolled recursion when decoding ASN.1 data with deeply nested structures. An attacker can supply a crafted payload containing thousands of nested SEQUENCE (0x30) or SET (0x31) tags with "Indefinite Length" (0x80) markers. This forces the decoder to recursively call itself until the Python interpreter crashes with a RecursionError or consumes all available memory (OOM), crashing the host application. This is a distinct vulnerability from CVE-2026-23490 (which addressed integer overflows in OID decoding). The fix for CVE-2026-23490 (MAXOIDARCCONTINUATIONOCTETS) does not mitigate this recursion issue. Version 0.6.3 fixes this specific issue.

Assessment

CVSS
7.5 (v3.1)
Severity
High
EPSS
0.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Known exploited
Not listed in CISA KEV
Exploit availability
Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
Published
18 March 2026
Last updated
17 September 2026
Affected
pyasn1 · pyasn1
Weakness
CWE-674, CWE-835
Assigner
security-advisories@github.com

CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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