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| Description | urllib3 is an HTTP client library for Python. From 1.10.3 until 2.8.0, the HTTPResponse.read_chunked and HTTPResponse.stream methods can allocate unbounded memory because the streaming chunk parser buffers the chunk-size field until newline or EOF without a length bound. The trigger is that a malicious server returns Transfer-Encoding: chunked followed by a very long run of bytes without a newline. The attack mechanism is that a malicious HTTP server sends a very long unterminated chunk-size line. The impact is that unbounded memory allocation can exhaust the client process. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.0. | |
| Title | urllib3: HTTPResponse.stream()/read_chunked() buffers an unbounded chunk-size line into memory | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-09-29T16:23:23.167Z
Reserved: 2026-09-24T21:43:37.208Z
Link: CVE-2026-97689
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-29T16:17:18.837
Modified: 2026-09-29T16:17:18.837
Link: CVE-2026-97689
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