usn-7927-3
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-01-13 14:36
Modified
2026-04-27 14:11
Summary
python-urllib3 regression
Details

USN-7927-1 fixed vulnerabilities in urllib3. The update for CVE-2025-66471 introduced a regression in urllib3 when decompressing zstd data. This update fixes the problem.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Original advisory details:

Illia Volochii discovered that urllib3 did not limit the steps in a decompression chain. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause urllib3 to use excessive resources, causing a denial of service. (CVE-2025-66418)

Rui Xi discovered that urllib3 incorrectly handled highly compressed data. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause urllib3 to use excessive resources, causing a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, Ubuntu 25.04, and Ubuntu 25.10. (CVE-2025-66471)

For the brotli encoding, the fix for CVE-2025-66471 requires an additional security update in the brotli package.

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  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:47Z",
  "published": "2026-01-13T14:36:44Z",
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