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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2024-7592

There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.30%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.30%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module. When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value, the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity, resulting in excess CPU resources being used while parsing the value.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
2.30% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-400, CWE-1333
Affected
python/python
Source
cna@python.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.