CVE-2026-23490
pyasn1: pyasn1: Denial of Service due to memory exhaustion from malformed RELATIVE-OID
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · January 17, 2026
Updated · October 15, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in pyasn1, a generic ASN.1 library for Python. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending a specially crafted RELATIVE-OID with excessive continuation octets. This input validation vulnerability leads to memory exhaustion, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling