CVSS 3.1
7.5 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HCVE-2022-40899
High (7.5) in pythoncharmers python-future. EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in future 0.18.3.
An issue discovered in Python Charmers Future 0.18.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted Set-Cookie header from malicious web server.
Severity
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-400
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- pythoncharmers:python-future
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-v3c5-jqr6-7qm8 | PyPI | future | <0.18.3 | 0.18.3 |
| PYSEC-2022-42991 | PyPI | future | <0.18.3 | 0.18.3 |
References
- https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/blob/master/src/future/backports/http/cookiejar.py#L215
- https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/pull/610
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17157
- https://pypi.org/project/future/
- https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/