CVE-2026-59885

HIGH

pyasn1: Quadratic complexity in OBJECT IDENTIFIER and RELATIVE-OID processing allows denial of service

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.4, the BER, CER, and DER decoders process OBJECT IDENTIFIER and RELATIVE-OID values in quadratic time relative to the number of arcs, so a small crafted payload containing an OID with many arcs consumes excessive CPU per decode() call and can deny service to applications that decode untrusted ASN.1 data. The corresponding encoders have the same quadratic behavior when an application re-encodes previously decoded attacker-supplied values. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.4.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0034
EPSS Percentile 26.0%
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 none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-400 CWE-407
Status published
Products (2)
pyasn1/pyasn1 < 0.6.4 (2 CPE variants)
pypi/pyasn1 0 - 0.6.4PyPI
Published Jul 14, 2026
Tracked Since Jul 14, 2026