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CVE-2024-7592 There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module

Description

There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module. When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value, the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity, resulting in excess CPU resources being used while parsing the value.

Affected products and versions

Product Affected versions Fixed in
CPython 3.13 3.13.0a1 → < 3.13.0rc2 3.13.0rc2
CPython 3.12 3.12.0 → < 3.12.6 3.12.6
CPython 3.11 3.11.0 → < 3.11.10 3.11.10
CPython 3.10 3.10.0 → < 3.10.15 3.10.15
CPython 3.9 3.9.0 → < 3.9.20 3.9.20
CPython 3.8 earliest → < 3.8.20 3.8.20
cpython 3.13 3.13.0a1 → < 3.13.0rc2 3.13.0rc2
cpython 3.12 3.12.0 → < 3.12.6 3.12.6
cpython 3.11 3.11.0 → < 3.11.10 3.11.10
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Product Affected versions Fixed in
cpython 3.10 3.10.0 → < 3.10.15 3.10.15
cpython 3.9 3.9.0 → < 3.9.20 3.9.20
cpython 3.8 earliest → < 3.8.20 3.8.20

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