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CVE-2021-40839
HIGH · CVSS 7.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2021-09-10T02:15:07.933 · Last modified 2026-06-17T04:07:30.927

Summary

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.

Affected products

rencode_project — rencode

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References

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