CVE-2024-7592
HIGHCPython < 3.8.20 - Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity in http.cookies Module
Title source: llmDescription
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.
References (12)
Core 12
Core References
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0006/
Issue Tracking, Patch patch
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/123075
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch issue-tracking
https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123067
Mailing List vendor-advisory
https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/HXJAAAALNUNGCQUS2W7WR6GFIZIHFOOK/
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0230
EPSS Percentile
81.0%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
yes
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-1333
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (2)
python/python
3.13.0 alpha0 (12 CPE variants)
python/python
< 3.8.20
Published
Aug 19, 2024
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026