Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting python-socketio package, versions [,5.16.2)
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- published28 Jun 2026
- disclosed26 Jun 2026
- creditmauriceng98
Introduced: 26 Jun 2026
CVE-2026-48804 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade python-socketio to version 5.16.2 or higher.
Overview
python-socketio is a Socket.IO server and client for Python
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling through the process that stores binary EVENT and ACK messages in memory while awaiting their binary attachments. An attacker can exhaust system memory resources by submitting a binary message and intentionally omitting one or more attachments, causing the server to retain incomplete messages indefinitely.