CVE-2020-7212

python-urllib3: inefficient algorithm allows a DoS (CPU consumption) in _encode_invalid_chars function in util/url.py

Published Mar 6, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 3.4% KEV · Not listed
Description
The _encode_invalid_chars function in util/url.py in the urllib3 library 1.25.2 through 1.25.7 for Python allows a denial of service (CPU consumption) because of an inefficient algorithm. The percent_encodings array contains all matches of percent encodings. It is not deduplicated. For a URL of length N, the size of percent_encodings may be up to O(N). The next step (normalize existing percent-encoded bytes) also takes up to O(N) for each step, so the total time is O(N^2). If percent_encodings were deduplicated, the time to compute _encode_invalid_chars would be O(kN), where k is at most 484 ((10+6*2)^2).

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-0231 The _encode_invalid_chars function in util/url.py in the urllib3 library 1.25.2 through 1.25.7 for Python allows a denial of service (CPU consumption) because of an inefficient algorithm. The percent_encodings array contains all matches of percent encodings. It is not deduplicated. For a URL of length N, the size of percent_encodings may be up to O(N). The next step (normalize existing percent-encoded bytes) also takes up to O(N) for each step, so the total time is O(N^2). If percent_encodings were deduplicated, the time to compute _encode_invalid_chars would be O(kN), where k is at most 484 ((10+6*2)^2).
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-hmv2-79q8-fv6g Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in urllib3
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PUBLISHED
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mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 9:25 AM
Reserved
Jan 16, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 6, 2020, 8:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:24 AM
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Mar 6, 2020, 12:00 AM