pypy3, python3.11 — security advisory
An issue was discovered in Python before 3.11.1. An unnecessary quadratic algorithm exists in one path when processing some inputs to the IDNA (RFC 3490) decoder, such that a crafted, unreasonably long name being presented to the decoder could lead to a CPU denial of service. Hostnames are often supplied by remote servers that could be controlled by a malicious actor; in such a scenario, they could trigger excessive CPU consumption on the client attempting to make use of an attacker-supplied supposed hostname. For example, the attack payload could be placed in the Location header of an HTTP response with status code 302. A fix is planned in 3.11.1, 3.10.9, 3.9.16, 3.8.16, and 3.7.16.
- Products
- pypy3, python3.11
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 3.11.1-1, 7.3.11+dfsg-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-45061
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 16:32 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
An issue was discovered in Python before 3.11.1. An unnecessary quadratic algorithm exists in one path when processing some inputs to the IDNA (RFC 3490) decoder, such that a crafted, unreasonably long name being presented to the decoder could lead to a CPU denial of service. Hostnames are often supplied by remote servers that could be controlled by a malicious actor; in such a scenario, they could trigger excessive CPU consumption on the client attempting to make use of an attacker-supplied supposed hostname. For example, the attack payload could be placed in the Location header of an HTTP response with status code 302. A fix is planned in 3.11.1, 3.10.9, 3.9.16, 3.8.16, and 3.7.16.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-45061
pypy3
Fixed versions: 7.3.11+dfsg-1
pypy3
Fixed versions: 7.3.11+dfsg-1
pypy3
Fixed versions: 7.3.11+dfsg-1
python3.11
Fixed versions: 3.11.1-1
Complete source record
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