GHSA-45c3-73f7-pv4mHighCVSS 7.5

dnspython dns.name.from_wire_parser() excessive CPU use

Published
October 27, 2026
Last Modified
October 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

Impact

A maliciously crafted DNS message may cause dns.name.from_wire_parser() to use excessive CPU for DNS name decompression. Applications that process untrusted DNS wire form messages with dnspython may be degraded or DoS'd by the extra CPU use required.

Patches

This problem is fixed in dnspython 2.9.0.

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds.

Credit

Evgenios Gkritsis, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus & Athena Research Center, Greece Constantinos Patsakis, Department of Informatics, University of Piraeus & Athena Research Center, Greece George Stergiopoulos, Department of Informatics, Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

🎯 Affected products1

  • pip/dnspython:< 2.9.0

🔗 References (5)