usn-8134-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-03-30 19:57
Modified
2026-07-15 17:24
Summary
pyasn1 vulnerabilities
Details

It was discovered that pyasn1 could exhaust system resources when attempting to decode a malformed certificate. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-23490)

Kevin Tu discovered that pyasn1 could exhaust system resources via uncontrolled recursion when attempting to decode malicously-crafted certificates. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-30922)


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            {
              "id": "CVE-2026-23490",
              "severity": [
                {
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2026-30922",
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                {
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
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                },
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
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        }
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        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyasn1@0.1.9-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/xenial"
      },
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        }
      ],
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        "0.1.9-1"
      ]
    },
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        }
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          },
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            "binary_version": "0.4.2-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1"
          },
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      },
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        }
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        "0.4.2-3"
      ]
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                  "type": "CVSS_V3"
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                }
              ]
            }
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        }
      },
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            "binary_version": "0.4.2-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
          },
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            "binary_name": "python-pyasn1",
            "binary_version": "0.4.2-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1"
          },
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          }
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      "package": {
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        "name": "pyasn1",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyasn1@0.4.2-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1?arch=source\u0026distro=esm-infra/focal"
      },
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      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.4.2-3",
        "0.4.2-3build1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "It was discovered that pyasn1 could exhaust system resources when\nattempting to decode a malformed certificate. An attacker could\npossibly use this to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2026-23490)\n\nKevin Tu discovered that pyasn1 could exhaust system resources via\nuncontrolled recursion when attempting to decode malicously-crafted\ncertificates. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of\nservice. (CVE-2026-30922)",
  "id": "USN-8134-1",
  "modified": "2026-07-15T17:24:50Z",
  "published": "2026-03-30T19:57:29Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8134-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-23490"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-30922"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "pyasn1 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23490",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-30922"
  ]
}



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