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
- 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
At the source
References
- https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/commit/25ad481c19fdb006e20485ef3fc2e5b3eff30ef0
- https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/security/advisories/GHSA-jr27-m4p2-rc6r
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/20/4
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00001.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10184
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12176
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13508
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13512
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13545
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13553
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13902
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:13916
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