In short
- CVE-2021-40839 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting rencode, rencode (rencode project).
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.5%, higher than 92.9% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| rencode PyPI | ≤ 1.0.6all versions
| No fix yet |
| rencode | ≤ 1.0.6
| No fix yet |
Description
The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory.
NVD description
The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via ;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory.
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