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GHSA-38jv-5279-wg99
GHSA-38jv-5279-wg99
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Decompression-bomb safeguards bypassed when following HTTP redirects (streaming API)
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published January 7, 2026
urllib3 is fixed in 2.6.3 (PyPI)
Decompression-bomb safeguards bypassed when following HTTP redirects (streaming API)
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| urllib3 | PyPI | 2.6.3 |
| tensorflow-cpu-jupyter | Wolfi | 2.21.0-r2 |
| datadog-agent-fips-7.71 | Chainguard | 7.71.2-r10 |
| dask-gateway | Wolfi | 2025.4.0-r7 |
| kubeflow-katib | Chainguard | 0.19.0-r14 |
| py3-pipenv | Chainguard | 2026.6.0-r0 |
| pgadmin4 | Chainguard | 9.12-r1 |
| datadog-agent-7.77 | Wolfi | 7.77.3-r6 |
| mlflow | Wolfi | 3.8.1-r1 |
| jupyter-base-notebook | Chainguard | 7.5.2-r0 |
| tensorflow-gpu-jupyter | Chainguard | 2.21.0-r2 |
| open-webui | Wolfi | 0.9.2-r0 |
86 more packages have a fixed version. See every fix in Lookup.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| wolfi | tensorflow-cpu-jupyter | 0 |
| chainguard | datadog-agent-fips-7.71 | 0 |
| wolfi | dask-gateway | 0 |
| chainguard | kubeflow-katib | 0 |
| chainguard | py3-pipenv | 0 |
| chainguard | pgadmin4 | 0 |
| wolfi | datadog-agent-7.77 | 0 |
| wolfi | mlflow | 0 |
| chainguard | jupyter-base-notebook | 0 |
| chainguard | tensorflow-gpu-jupyter | 0 |
| wolfi | open-webui | 0 |
| chainguard | mlflow | 0 |
| chainguard | datadog-agent-7.76 | 0, 0 |
| chainguard | label-studio | 0 |
| chainguard | pypy-3.11 | 0 |
| wolfi | kubeflow-katib | 0 |
| wolfi | py3-pip | 0 |
| chainguard | nemo | 0 |
| chainguard | authentik | 0 |
| chainguard | awx | 0 |
…and 82 more
Timeline
- Jan 7, 2026 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory
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References
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-38jv-5279-wg99 vendor-advisory
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/commit/8864ac407bba8607950025e0979c4c69bc7abc7b url
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3 package
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/01/msg00017.html url
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-21441 advisory
- https://github.com/urllib3/urllib3/security/advisories/GHSA-38jv-5279-wg99 url