HIGHVulnerability

CVE-2026-73568

py-libp2p is the Python implementation of the libp2p networking stack. In 0.7.0 and earlier, the yamux handle_incoming() method in libp2p/stream_muxer/yamux/yamux.py reads an attacker-controlled 32-bit DATA frame length with read_exactly() before validating it against MAX_WINDOW_SIZE or checking whether stream_id exists. A peer that completes the standard Noise handshake can send a 12-byte frame declaring a 0xFFFFFFFF body and then withhold the body, causing the sequential yamux read loop used by the default new_host() configuration to block and preventing every stream on that connection from making progress. No fixed version is available as of this review.

Properties

severity
HIGH
score
7.5
cve_id
CVE-2026-73568
signal_observed_at
2026-09-18T21:50:18+00:00
vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
published_at
2026-08-13T18:18:19.547
last_modified
2026-09-18T20:09:01.757

Related Entities (2)

HAS_WEAKNESS (1)

[Weakness]Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

DESCRIBED_BY (1)

[Source]NVD

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