ubuntu-cve-2026-27459
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-03-18 00:00
Modified
2026-06-30 16:19
Summary
Details

pyOpenSSL is a Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library. Starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to version 26.0.0, if a user provided callback to set_cookie_generate_callback returned a cookie value greater than 256 bytes, pyOpenSSL would overflow an OpenSSL provided buffer. Starting in version 26.0.0, cookie values that are too long are now rejected.

Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-openssl",
            "binary_version": "23.2.0-1ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "pyopenssl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyopenssl@23.2.0-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
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            },
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            }
          ],
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        }
      ],
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        "23.2.0-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-openssl",
            "binary_version": "25.0.0-1ubuntu0.1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "pyopenssl",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyopenssl@25.0.0-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
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            {
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            },
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "25.0.0-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "pyOpenSSL is a Python wrapper around the OpenSSL library. Starting in version 22.0.0 and prior to version 26.0.0, if a user provided callback to `set_cookie_generate_callback` returned a cookie value greater than 256 bytes, pyOpenSSL would overflow an OpenSSL provided buffer. Starting in version 26.0.0, cookie values that are too long are now rejected.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-27459",
  "modified": "2026-06-30T16:19:40Z",
  "published": "2026-03-18T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-27459"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-27459"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/pyca/pyopenssl/security/advisories/GHSA-5pwr-322w-8jr4"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8115-1"
    }
  ],
  "related": [
    "USN-8115-1"
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-27459"
  ]
}



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