CVE-2026-59939

httplib2: Decompression Bomb Denial of Service via Unbounded gzip/deflate Response Handling

Published Jul 8, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
httplib2 is a comprehensive HTTP client library for Python. Prior to 0.32.0, httplib2 performs unbounded decompression of HTTP response bodies encoded with Content-Encoding: gzip or deflate in _decompressContent in httplib2/init.py, allowing a malicious or compromised HTTP server to return a small compressed payload that expands to an arbitrarily large size in memory and causes MemoryError or OOM-kill in the client process. This issue is fixed in version 0.32.0.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4747-1 python-httplib2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-4748-1 python-httplib2 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6441-1 python-httplib2 security update
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-j5g9-f88f-gfj3 httplib2: Decompression Bomb Denial of Service via Unbounded gzip/deflate Response Handling
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8537-1 httplib2 vulnerability
History
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Httplib2 Project
Httplib2 Project httplib2
Vendors & Products Httplib2 Project
Httplib2 Project httplib2
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Description httplib2 is a comprehensive HTTP client library for Python. Prior to 0.32.0, httplib2 performs unbounded decompression of HTTP response bodies encoded with Content-Encoding: gzip or deflate in _decompressContent in httplib2/init.py, allowing a malicious or compromised HTTP server to return a small compressed payload that expands to an arbitrarily large size in memory and causes MemoryError or OOM-kill in the client process. This issue is fixed in version 0.32.0.
Title httplib2: Decompression Bomb Denial of Service via Unbounded gzip/deflate Response Handling
Weaknesses CWE-409
References
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'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 20, 2026, 9:08 PM
Reserved
Jul 7, 2026, 6:20 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 8, 2026, 8:16 PM
Modified
Aug 20, 2026, 9:17 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Jul 8, 2026, 7:34 PM