GHSA-68xj-hf27-5jvq

GHSA-68xj-hf27-5jvq PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 13, 2022

SimpleXMLRPCServer.py in SimpleXMLRPCServer in Python before 2.6.8, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, 3.x before 3.1.5, and 3.2.x before 3.2.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via an XML-RPC POST request that contains a smaller amount of data than specified by the Content-Length header.

Risk scores

CVSS 4.0

8.699999809265137

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Timeline

May 13, 2022 CVE Published
Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (6 in total, the first dated here)
Apr 29, 2026 Security Advisory

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