CVE Catalog
CVE-2024-7592
LowSummary
In CPython's 'http.cookies' module, parsing cookies with backslash-escaped characters uses a quadratic algorithm, causing excessive CPU usage.
Risk Assessment
An attacker can cause server overload by sending specially crafted cookies, leading to denial of service (DoS).
Recommendation
Update CPython to a version containing the fix for CVE-2024-7592.
Original NVD description (English source)
There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython, specifically the 'http.cookies' standard library module. When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value, the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity, resulting in excess CPU resource