CVE-2025-13836
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 58
Analyzed
Published: 01 Dec 2025, 18:02
Last modified:03 Mar 2026, 14:41
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100 CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
v3.1 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.21% LOW
0% probability +0.06%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
01 Dec 2025, 18:02
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Mar 2026, 14:41
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
When reading an HTTP response from a server, if no read amount is specified, the default behavior will be to use Content-Length. This allows a malicious server to cause the client to read large amounts of data into memory, potentially causing OOM or other DoS.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.21%• Percentile: 44%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
- CWE-400•Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
The product does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource.
Affected Systems
- python software foundation•cpython
< 3.13.11 | < 3.10.20 | ≥ 3.11.0, < 3.11.15 | ≥ 3.12.0, < 3.12.13 | ≥ 3.13.0, < 3.13.11 | ≥ 3.14.0, < 3.14.1 | ≥ 3.15.0a1, < 3.15.0a3
- python•python
< 3.13.11 | < 3.10.20 | ≥ 3.11.0, < 3.11.15 | ≥ 3.12.0, < 3.12.13 | ≥ 3.13.0, < 3.13.11 | 3.14.0 | 3.15.0:alpha1 | 3.15.0:alpha2
References (9)
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119451
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119454
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4ce27904b597c77d74dd93f2c912676021a99155
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a4c4a033a4a54481be6870aa1896fad732555b5
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/OQ6G7MKRQIS3OAREC3HNG3D2DPOU34XO/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/289f29b0fe38baf2d7cb5854f4bb573cc34a6a15
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/14b1fdb0a94b96f86fc7b86671ea9582b8676628
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5dc101675fd22918facbbe0fecdc821502beaaf0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/afc40bdd3dd71f343fd9016f6d8eebbacbd6587c