Upstream information

CVE-2026-97688 at MITRE

Description

urllib3 is an HTTP client library for Python. From 2.6.2 until 2.8.0, HTTPResponse.stream and HTTPResponse.read_chunked can enter an infinite loop because the Deflate decoder retains trailing bytes as unconsumed input after reaching end-of-stream and repeatedly decodes them without progress. The issue occurs when an untrusted server sends a chunked Deflate response whose decoded body exceeds a positive finite chunk size and whose encoded body has trailing bytes, specifically a response with Transfer-Encoding: chunked and Content-Encoding: deflate, content decoding enabled, and the positive finite amt=N streaming chunk size. The attack mechanism is that a malicious server returns a compressed chunked response with trailing bytes after the Deflate stream. The impact is excessive CPU usage and a request that does not complete, and network read timeouts do not interrupt the loop because no further socket read occurs. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.0.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Pending

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail SUSE
Base Score 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
CVSS detail CNA (GitHub) SUSE
Base Score 6.9 6.9
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network Network
Attack Complexity Low Low
Attack Requirements None None
Privileges Required None None
User Interaction None None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1283909 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.


Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP7 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 python-urllib3 In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.0 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 16.1 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 python-urllib3 In progress
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.0 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP applications 16.1 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.0 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Micro 6.2 python-urllib3 In progress
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 12 venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE 15 venv-salt-minion Affected
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SLE Micro 5 venv-salt-minion Affected
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for Ubuntu 2204 venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for Ubuntu 2404 venv-salt-minion Not affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap 16.0 python-urllib3_1 Affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP6 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 12 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Public Cloud 15 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 3 15 SP6 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6-LTSS python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 python-urllib3_1 Affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.0 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Python 2 15 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 3.2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Proxy LTS 4.3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server LTS 4.3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 3.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 3.2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Manager Server LTS 4.3 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 python-urllib3_1 Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.2 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.3 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.4 python-urllib3 Affected
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 python-urllib3 Affected
Products at an unknown state of their lifecycle.
Products saltbundlepy-urllib3 Affected
Products venv-salt-minion Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for NVIDIA 16.1 python-urllib3 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for NVIDIA 16.1 python-urllib3_1 Affected
SUSE Multi Linux Manager Tools EL-8 venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi Linux Manager Tools EL-9 venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi Linux Manager Tools RES-7 venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi Linux Manager Tools SLE-12 venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi Linux Manager Tools SLE-15 venv-salt-minion Affected
SUSE Multi Linux Manager Tools SLE-Micro-5 venv-salt-minion Affected
SUSE Multi Linux Manager Tools Ubuntu-22.04 venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi Linux Manager Tools Ubuntu-24.04 venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SUSE Liberty Linux 7, RHEL and clones venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SUSE Liberty Linux 8, RHEL and clones venv-salt-minion Not affected
SUSE Multi-Linux Manager Client Tools for SUSE Liberty Linux 9, RHEL and clones venv-salt-minion Not affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Oct 1 14:52:11 2026
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 2 12:52:16 2026