CVE-2026-23490: pyasn1 has a DoS vulnerability in decoder
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2026-23490 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55.3% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 8 · Related 4Timeline
- 16-01-2026PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 17-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.2, a Denial-of-Service issue has been found that leads to memory exhaustion from malformed RELATIVE-OID with excessive continuation octets. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.2.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 8 sources · 1 version- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · Red hatEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.76%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
55%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Decrease -0.01 pp
From 0.77% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Redhat90 products
- fence-agents< 0:4.10.0-98.el9_7.5 | < 0:4.16.0-13.el10_1.2 | < 0:4.2.1-129.el8_10.21 | < 0:4.2.1-112.el8_8.16 | < 0:4.10.0-86.el9_6.15 | < 0:4.10.0-43.el9_2.19 | < 0:4.10.0-62.el9_4.22 | < 0:4.10.0-20.el9_0.28 | < 0:4.16.0-5.el10_0.8 | < 0:4.2.1-65.el8_4.27 | < 0:4.2.1-89.el8_6.21
- fence-agents-aliyun< 0:4.10.0-98.el9_7.5 | < 0:4.16.0-13.el10_1.2 | < 0:4.2.1-129.el8_10.21 | < 0:4.2.1-112.el8_8.16 | < 0:4.10.0-86.el9_6.15 | < 0:4.10.0-43.el9_2.19 | < 0:4.10.0-62.el9_4.22 | < 0:4.10.0-20.el9_0.28 | < 0:4.16.0-5.el10_0.8 | < 0:4.2.1-65.el8_4.27 | < 0:4.2.1-89.el8_6.21
- fence-agents-aliyun-debuginfo< 0:4.2.1-129.el8_10.21 | < 0:4.2.1-112.el8_8.16 | < 0:4.2.1-65.el8_4.27 | < 0:4.2.1-89.el8_6.21
- fence-agents-all< 0:4.10.0-98.el9_7.5 | < 0:4.16.0-13.el10_1.2 | < 0:4.2.1-129.el8_10.21 | < 0:4.2.1-112.el8_8.16 | < 0:4.10.0-86.el9_6.15 | < 0:4.10.0-43.el9_2.19 | < 0:4.10.0-62.el9_4.22 | < 0:4.10.0-20.el9_0.28 | < 0:4.16.0-5.el10_0.8 | < 0:4.2.1-65.el8_4.27 | < 0:4.2.1-89.el8_6.21
- fence-agents-amt-ws< 0:4.10.0-98.el9_7.5 | < 0:4.16.0-13.el10_1.2 | < 0:4.2.1-129.el8_10.21 | < 0:4.2.1-112.el8_8.16 | < 0:4.10.0-86.el9_6.15 | < 0:4.10.0-43.el9_2.19 | < 0:4.10.0-62.el9_4.22 | < 0:4.10.0-20.el9_0.28 | < 0:4.16.0-5.el10_0.8 | < 0:4.2.1-65.el8_4.27 | < 0:4.2.1-89.el8_6.21
Chainguard34 products
- airflow-2< 2.11.0-r24
- airflow-3< 3.1.6-r2
- ansible-operator< 1.42.0-r6
- ansible-operator-fips< 1.42.0-r4
- apache-beam-python-3.11-sdk< 2.71.0-r0
Suse24 products
- python-pyasn1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS< 0.4.2-150000.3.13.1 | < 0.5.0-150400.12.10.1
- python-pyasn1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS< 0.4.2-150000.3.13.1 | < 0.5.0-150400.12.10.1
- python-pyasn1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS< 0.4.2-150000.3.13.1 | < 0.5.0-150400.12.10.1
- python-pyasn1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS< 0.4.2-150000.3.13.1 | < 0.5.0-150400.12.10.1
- python-pyasn1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2< 0.4.2-150000.3.13.1
Wolfi13 products
- airflow-3< 3.1.6-r2
- dask-kubernetes< 2025.7.0-r6
- k8s-sidecar< 2.4.0-r0
- katib-earlystopping< 0.19.0-r4
- kserve-storage-controller< 0.16.0-r9
Debian2 products
- pyasn1< 0.6.2-1 | < 0.4.8-3+deb12u1 | < 0.6.1-1+deb13u1 | < 0.4.8-1+deb11u1
- debian_linuxEOL11.0
Opensuse2 products
- python-pyasn1&distro=openSUSE Leap 15.6< 0.5.0-150400.12.10.1
- python-pyasn1&distro=openSUSE Leap 16.0< 0.6.1-160000.3.1
Mageia1 product
- python-pyasn1< 0.4.8-6.1.mga9
Pyasn11 product
- pyasn1< 0.6.2
PyPI1 product
- pyasn1≥ 0.6.1, < 0.6.2
Ubuntu1 product
- pyasn1< 0.1.7-1ubuntu2.1+esm1 | < 0.1.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1 | < 0.4.2-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1 | < 0.4.8-1ubuntu0.1 | < 0.4.8-4ubuntu0.1 | < 0.6.1-1ubuntu0.1
10 vendors · 169 products
References
115 links- github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/security/advisories/GHSA-63vm-454h-vhhqX Refsource CONFIRMWEBARTICLEREPORTAdvisoryVendor Advisory
- github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/commit/3908f144229eed4df24bd569d16e5991ace44970X Refsource MISCWEBARTICLEFIXPatch
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- github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1PACKAGE
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