AZL-6821

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    AZL-6821

    Published: 29 Jun 2021Last Modified: 21 Apr 2026
    Upstream:

    Summary: CVE-2021-33503 affecting package python-urllib3 for versions less than 1.25.9-3

    Details: An issue was discovered in urllib3 before 1.26.5. When provided with a URL containing many @ characters in the authority component, the authority regular expression exhibits catastrophic backtracking, causing a denial of service if a URL were passed as a parameter or redirected to via an HTTP redirect.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: python-urllib3

    Purl: pkg:rpm/azure-linux/python-urllib3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.25.9-3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    AZL-6821 | CVE-DB