CVE-2026-119196

pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. Prior to 0.6.5, constructed BIT STRING decoding repeatedly shifts and copies the complete bit value accumulated from earlier fragments. Attacker-controlled BER or CER input contains many constructed BIT STRING fragments; schema-driven DER also accepts a definite-length constructed BIT STRING. BitStringPayloadDecoder repeatedly calls BitString.fromOctetString with the prior bitString as prepend, shifting an ever-growing SizedInteger for each fragment and causing quadratic work. Large fragmented values can exhaust CPU during decode() without requiring later conversion or formatting. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.5.
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29 Oct 2026, 20:17

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Published : 2026-10-29 20:17

Updated : 2026-10-30 17:18


NVD link : CVE-2026-119196

Mitre link : CVE-2026-119196

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-119196


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CWE
CWE-407

Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity