CVE-2026-59939

httplib2 is a comprehensive HTTP client library for Python. Prior to 0.32.0, httplib2 performs unbounded decompression of HTTP response bodies encoded with Content-Encoding: gzip or deflate in _decompressContent in httplib2/init.py, allowing a malicious or compromised HTTP server to return a small compressed payload that expands to an arbitrarily large size in memory and causes MemoryError or OOM-kill in the client process. This issue is fixed in version 0.32.0.
Configurations

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cpe:2.3:a:httplib2_project:httplib2:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

History

13 Jul 2026, 12:31

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First Time Httplib2 Project
Httplib2 Project httplib2
References () https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/commit/87581ad6cf752fe3da2090c59058261d2d00a427 - () https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/commit/87581ad6cf752fe3da2090c59058261d2d00a427 - Patch
References () https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/releases/tag/v0.32.0 - () https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/releases/tag/v0.32.0 - Release Notes
References () https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g9-f88f-gfj3 - () https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g9-f88f-gfj3 - Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CPE cpe:2.3:a:httplib2_project:httplib2:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*

10 Jul 2026, 16:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g9-f88f-gfj3 - () https://github.com/httplib2/httplib2/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g9-f88f-gfj3 -

08 Jul 2026, 20:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-07-08 20:16

Updated : 2026-07-13 12:31


NVD link : CVE-2026-59939

Mitre link : CVE-2026-59939

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-59939


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Products Affected

httplib2_project

  • httplib2
CWE
CWE-409

Improper Handling of Highly Compressed Data (Data Amplification)