BREW-VDIRSYNCER-CVE-2022-36087 (GHSA-3PGJ-PG6C-R5P7)

Vulnerability from osv_homebrew – Published: 2026-08-13 17:46 – Updated: 2026-09-10 01:32 – Source website
VLAI
Summary
OAuthLib vulnerable to DoS when attacker provides malicious IPV6 URI
Details

Impact

  • Attacker providing malicious redirect uri can cause DoS to oauthlib's web application.
  • Attacker can also leverage usage of uri_validate functions depending where it is used.

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

Oauthlib applications using OAuth2.0 provider support or use directly uri_validate function.

Patches

Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?

Issue fixed in 3.2.2 release.

Workarounds

Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?

The redirect_uri can be verified in web toolkit (i.e bottle-oauthlib, django-oauth-toolkit, ...) before oauthlib is called. A sample check if : is present to reject the request can prevent the DoS, assuming no port or IPv6 is fundamentally required.

References

Attack Vector: - Attacker providing malicious redirect uri: https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/blob/d4bafd9f1d0eba3766e933b1ac598cbbf37b8914/oauthlib/oauth2/rfc6749/grant_types/base.py#L232 - Vulnerable uri_validate functions: https://github.com/oauthlib/oauthlib/blob/2b8a44855a51ad5a5b0c348a08c2564a2e197ea2/oauthlib/uri_validate.py

PoC

is_absolute_uri("http://[:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::]/path")

Acknowledgement

Special thanks to Sebastian Chnelik - PyUp.io

Severity
5.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
References
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