CVE-2025-13836

HIGHNVD 7.59.1▲
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 9.1 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-12-01. NVD baseline CVSS 7.5; sources differ by 1.6.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

When reading an HTTP response from a server, if no read amount is specified, the default behavior will be to use Content-Length. This allows a malicious server to cause the client to read large amounts of data into memory, potentially causing OOM or other DoS.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
9.1(medium)
EPSS
71.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

December 1, 2025

Last Modified

May 18, 2026

Advisory Details (9)

Auto-updated May 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Mailman 3 [CVE-2025-13836] Excessive read buffering DoS in http.client - Security-announce - python.org

https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/OQ6G7MKRQIS3OAREC3HNG3D2DPOU34XO/
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gh-119451: Fix a potential denial of service in http.client by serhiy-storchaka · Pull Request #119454 · python/cpython · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/119454
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Out-of-memory when reading a HTTP response with large Content-Length · Issue #119451 · python/cpython · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/119451
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[3.11] gh-119451: Fix a potential denial of service in http.client (G… · python/cpython@afc40bd · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/afc40bdd3dd71f343fd9016f6d8eebbacbd6587c
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[3.10] gh-119451: Fix a potential denial of service in http.client (G… · python/cpython@5dc1016 · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5dc101675fd22918facbbe0fecdc821502beaaf0
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gh-119451: Fix a potential denial of service in http.client (GH-119454) · python/cpython@5a4c4a0 · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5a4c4a033a4a54481be6870aa1896fad732555b5
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[3.14] gh-119451: Fix a potential denial of service in http.client (G… · python/cpython@4ce2790 · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4ce27904b597c77d74dd93f2c912676021a99155
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[3.13] gh-119451: Fix a potential denial of service in http.client (G… · python/cpython@289f29b · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/289f29b0fe38baf2d7cb5854f4bb573cc34a6a15
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[3.12] gh-119451: Fix a potential denial of service in http.client (G… · python/cpython@14b1fdb · GitHub

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/14b1fdb0a94b96f86fc7b86671ea9582b8676628

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-13836(13)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(24)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3.14-venv (3.14.0-1ubuntu0.1) @ questing2026-05-21ubuntu
redhatrhaiis/vllm-spyre-rhel9:17782445462026-05-12redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-rocm-rhel9:17756802622026-04-17redhat
redhatpython3-11-main-3.11.15-4.hum12026-04-17redhat
redhatrhaiis/vllm-cuda-rhel9:17756801922026-04-17redhat
redhatrhaiis/model-opt-cuda-rhel9:17757498572026-04-17redhat
redhatpython3-12-main-3.12.13-3.hum12026-04-17redhat
redhatpython3-14-main-3.14.4-1.hum12026-04-11redhat
redhatpython3-13-main-3.13.13-1.hum12026-04-10redhat
redhatrhui5/cds-rhel9:17736700732026-03-18redhat
redhatpython3.12-0:3.12.1-4.el9_4.102026-03-05redhat
redhatpython3.12-0:3.12.9-1.el9_6.52026-03-05redhat
redhatrhui5/rhua-rhel9:17708087652026-02-11redhat
redhatpython3.12-0:3.12.12-2.el8_102026-02-10redhat
redhatpython3.12-0:3.12.9-2.el10_0.62026-02-09redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.2-2.el8_8.72026-02-05redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.7-1.el9_4.102026-02-04redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.11-2.el9_6.42026-02-04redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.2-2.el9_2.92026-02-04redhat
redhatpython3.12-0:3.12.12-3.el10_12026-02-03redhat
redhatdiscovery/discovery-server-rhel9:17691047652026-02-02redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.13-5.el9_72026-01-27redhat
redhatpython3.12-0:3.12.12-4.el9_72026-01-27redhat
redhatpython3.11-0:3.11.13-4.el8_102026-01-27redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Additional Vendor Advisories

(12)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 11× in last 7d / 44× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-13836?
CVE-2025-13836 is a high vulnerability published on December 1, 2025. When reading an HTTP response from a server, if no read amount is specified, the default behavior will be to use Content-Length. This allows a malicious server to cause the client to read large amounts of data into memory, potentially causing OOM or other DoS.
When was CVE-2025-13836 disclosed?
CVE-2025-13836 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on December 1, 2025, with the most recent update on May 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-13836 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-13836 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 71.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-13836?
CVE-2025-13836 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.1.
How do I remediate CVE-2025-13836?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-13836, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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