CVE-2025-66418urllib3 allows an unbounded number of links in the decompression chain

Descripción

urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.24 and prior to 2.6.0, the number of links in the decompression chain was unbounded allowing a malicious server to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps leading to high CPU usage and massive memory allocation for the decompressed data. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.0.

Datos: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Se publican tal como los indican las fuentes, en inglés.

Productos y versiones afectados

Referencias y parches

• https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-gm62-xv2j-4w53 Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/24d7b67eac89f94e11003424bcf0d8f7b72222a8 Patch