pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.2, a Denial-of-Service issue has been found that leads to memory exhaustion from malformed RELATIVE-OID with excessive continuation octets. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.6.2.
CVE-2026-23490
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.0%, top 90% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
A fix is available — apply it.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 48.2%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
January 16, 2026
Last Modified
July 15, 2026
Advisory Details (10)
Auto-updated Jul 3, 2026[SECURITY] [DLA 4463-1] pyasn1 security update
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/02/msg00002.htmlDoS vulnerability in decoder · Advisory · pyasn1/pyasn1 · GitHub
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/security/advisories/GHSA-63vm-454h-vhhqRelease 0.6.2
Patch available: pyasn1/pyasn1 v0.6.2
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/releases/tag/v0.6.2commit 3908f144229e (pyasn1/pyasn1)
Patch available: pyasn1/pyasn1 v0.6.2 (contains commit 3908f144229e)
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/commit/3908f144229eed4df24bd569d16e5991ace44970Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-23490(20)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
- RHSA-2026:39894Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Release of containers for RHOSO 18.0.21
- RHSA-2026:37275Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHOAI 3.3.5 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- RHSA-2026:30088Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3.5 (ROCm)
- RHSA-2026:28042Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 17.1 (python-pyasn1) security update
- RHSA-2026:24977Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHOAI 2.25.7 - Red Hat OpenShift AI
- RHSA-2026:24866Red Hat Product SecurityCritical
Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 Container Release Update
- RHSA-2026:24483Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.4 - GA Release of Model Transparency 1.0.1
- RHSA-2026:24476Red Hat Product SecurityHigh
Red Hat Security Advisory: RHTAS 1.3.5 - Red Hat Trusted Artifact Signer Release
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Patch Availability(28)
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.
Affected Packages
(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| pyasn1 | 0.6.1 | 0.6.2 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Additional Vendor Advisories
(16)
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.
- Red HatRHSA-2026:1903IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:1903 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:1904IMPORTANT2026-01-16
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- Red HatRHSA-2026:1905IMPORTANT2026-01-16
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- Red HatRHSA-2026:2221IMPORTANT2026-01-16
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- Red HatRHSA-2026:2300IMPORTANT2026-01-16
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- Red HatRHSA-2026:2302IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2302 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:2303IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2303 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:2309IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2309 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:2453IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2453 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:2460IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2460 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:2483IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2483 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:2486IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2486 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:2712IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2712 — Important
- Red HatRHSA-2026:2758IMPORTANT2026-01-16
RHSA-2026:2758 — Important
Data Freshness Timeline
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