CVE-2023-26151: asyncua vulnerable to denial of service via infinite loop

CVE-2023-26151 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2023-10-03

Versions of the package asyncua before 0.9.96 are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) such that an attacker can send a malformed packet and as a result, the server will enter into an infinite loop and consume excessive memory.

Technologies: asyncua (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2023-26151 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2023-26151 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2023-26151?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 3 October 2023.
Which products and versions are affected?
asyncua (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.9.96, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=f6603daa34a93a658f0e176cb0b9ee5a6643b262|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.9.96.
Is there a fix for CVE-2023-26151?
Yes. asyncua (PyPI): upgrade to 0.9.96 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2023-26151?
Check whether you run asyncua (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • asyncua (PyPI): upgrade to 0.9.96 or later
    pip install "asyncua>=0.9.96"

Affected products

  • asyncua (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.9.96, GIT:introduced=0,fixed=f6603daa34a93a658f0e176cb0b9ee5a6643b262|ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=0.9.96

Identifiers

  • CVE-2023-26151
  • GHSA-gfvq-mxw3-mfq3
  • PYSEC-2023-190

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