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    CVE-2024-7592

    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.

    Published:Aug 19, 2024
    Last Modified:Nov 3, 2025
    EPS:Aug 19, 2024
    EPSS Score:0.00392
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Python
    Product
    Cpython
    Vendor
    Python
    Product
    Python
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux

    Exploits

    https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123067

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    References

    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/391e5626e3ee5af267b97e37abc7475732e67621
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/44e458357fca05ca0ae2658d62c8c595b048b5ef
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a77ab24427a18bff817025adb03ca920dc3f1a06
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b2f11ca7667e4d57c71c1c88b255115f16042d9a
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d4ac921a4b081f7f996a5d2b101684b67ba0ed7f
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d662e2db2605515a767f88ad48096b8ac623c774
    https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/dcc3eaef98cd94d6cb6cb0f44bd1c903d04f33b1
    https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/123067
    https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/123075
    https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/HXJAAAALNUNGCQUS2W7WR6GFIZIHFOOK/
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/12/msg00000.html
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241018-0006/

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