Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-urllib3 package, versions <0:1.26.19-2.el10_1.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.69% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS10-PYTHONURLLIB3-15102355
  • published27 Jan 2026
  • disclosed5 Dec 2025

Introduced: 5 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-66418  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:10 python-urllib3 to version 0:1.26.19-2.el10_1.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-urllib3 package and not the python-urllib3 package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.24 and prior to 2.6.0, the number of links in the decompression chain was unbounded allowing a malicious server to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps leading to high CPU usage and massive memory allocation for the decompressed data. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1