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CVE-2024-7592 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
python-py
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2024-7592
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
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1 Nov 2026, 17:27 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2024-7592 affecting package python-py 1.11.0-1

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Aug 2024, 19:15 UTC

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.

osv:AZL-109674

python-py

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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    "summary": "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.",
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