CVE-2022-40899

An issue discovered in Python Charmers Future 0.18.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via crafted Set-Cookie header from malicious web server.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/blob/master/src/future/backports/http/cookiejar.py#L215	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/pull/610	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17157	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/future/	Product Third Party Advisory
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/	Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/blob/master/src/future/backports/http/cookiejar.py#L215	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/PythonCharmers/python-future/pull/610	Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/17157	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://pypi.org/project/future/	Product Third Party Advisory
https://pyup.io/posts/pyup-discovers-redos-vulnerabilities-in-top-python-packages/	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pythoncharmers:python-future:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

History

15 Apr 2025, 16:15

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CWE		CWE-400

Information

Published : 2022-12-23 00:15

Updated : 2025-04-15 16:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-40899

Mitre link : CVE-2022-40899

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-40899

JSON object : View

Products Affected

pythoncharmers

python-future

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo CWE-400

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

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