Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification) Affecting py3-httpx2 package, versions <2.12.0-r0
Threat Intelligence
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- published12 Sept 2026
- disclosed2 Sept 2026
Introduced: 2 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-84382 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Wolfi py3-httpx2 to version 2.12.0-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream py3-httpx2 package and not the py3-httpx2 package as distributed by Wolfi.
See How to fix? for Wolfi relevant fixed versions and status.
HTTPX2 is a next generation HTTP client for Python. Prior to 2.12.0, the HTTPX2 content decoders in src/httpx2/httpx2/_decoders.py fully inflate each gzip, deflate, br, or zstd network chunk before iter_bytes() or aiter_bytes() yields bounded pieces to the application. A 64 KiB compressed chunk can expand to approximately 64 MiB in one intermediate allocation, so an attacker-controlled or compromised server can cause severe memory pressure or out-of-memory process termination even when the application streams the response. This issue is fixed in version 2.12.0.