CVE-2025-66471

urllib3 Streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data

Published Dec 5, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 8.9 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.0 and prior to 2.6.0, the Streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data. urllib3's streaming API is designed for the efficient handling of large HTTP responses by reading the content in chunks, rather than loading the entire response body into memory at once. When streaming a compressed response, urllib3 can perform decoding or decompression based on the HTTP Content-Encoding header (e.g., gzip, deflate, br, or zstd). The library must read compressed data from the network and decompress it until the requested chunk size is met. Any resulting decompressed data that exceeds the requested amount is held in an internal buffer for the next read operation. The decompression logic could cause urllib3 to fully decode a small amount of highly compressed data in a single operation. This can result in excessive resource consumption (high CPU usage and massive memory allocation for the decompressed data.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-2xpw-w6gg-jr37 urllib3 streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7927-2 urllib3 regression
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-7927-3 urllib3 regression
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8344-1 pip vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8344-3 pip vulnerability
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Python
Python urllib3
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:python:urllib3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Python
Python urllib3
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Urllib3
Urllib3 urllib3
Vendors & Products Urllib3
Urllib3 urllib3
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.0 and prior to 2.6.0, the Streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data. urllib3's streaming API is designed for the efficient handling of large HTTP responses by reading the content in chunks, rather than loading the entire response body into memory at once. When streaming a compressed response, urllib3 can perform decoding or decompression based on the HTTP Content-Encoding header (e.g., gzip, deflate, br, or zstd). The library must read compressed data from the network and decompress it until the requested chunk size is met. Any resulting decompressed data that exceeds the requested amount is held in an internal buffer for the next read operation. The decompression logic could cause urllib3 to fully decode a small amount of highly compressed data in a single operation. This can result in excessive resource consumption (high CPU usage and massive memory allocation for the decompressed data.
Title urllib3 Streaming API improperly handles highly compressed data
Weaknesses CWE-409
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Dec 5, 2025, 7:33 PM
Reserved
Dec 2, 2025, 3:43 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Dec 5, 2025, 5:16 PM
Modified
Sep 25, 2026, 11:10 PM