High severity · published Mar 18, 2026
CVE-2026-30922
pyasn1 Vulnerable to Denial of Service via Unbounded Recursion
7.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.3, the `pyasn1` library is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack caused by uncontrolled recursion when decoding ASN.1 data with deeply nested structures. An attacker can supply a crafted payload containing thousands of nested `SEQUENCE` (`0x30`) or `SET` (`0x31`) tags with "Indefinite Length" (`0x80`) markers. This forces the decoder to recursively call itself until the Python interpreter crashes with a `RecursionError` or consumes all available memory (OOM), crashing the host application. This is a distinct vulnerability from CVE-2026-23490 (which addressed integer overflows in OID decoding). The fix for CVE-2026-23490 (`MAX_OID_ARC_CONTINUATION_OCTETS`) does not mitigate this recursion issue. Version 0.6.3 fixes this specific issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 57% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PY
pyasn1 · pyasn1
< 0.6.3 · source: vendor, NVD
MT
Migration Toolkit for Containers · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
MT
Migration Toolkit for Virtualization · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
OL
OpenShift Lightspeed · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat AI Inference Server · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat AI Inference Server 3.3 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 8 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.5 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
RH
Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform 2.6 for RHEL 9 · Red Hat
All versions, or not specified · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-30922
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-30922
Patch
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/commit/25ad481c19fdb006e20485ef3fc2e5b3eff30ef0
Exploit
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/security/advisories/GHSA-jr27-m4p2-rc6r
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/20/4
lists.debian.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00001.html
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:10184
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:12176
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