High severity · published Oct 29, 2026
CVE-2026-119194
pyasn1: Quadratic CPU use in schemaless BER/CER/DER container decoding
New
7.5
CVSS
–
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
pyasn1 is a generic ASN.1 library for Python. From 0.3.3 until 0.6.5, schemaless container decoding stores every decoded component's TagSet in a growing set even though only one-versus-multiple tag types must be distinguished. Attacker-controlled BER, CER, or DER input contains many distinct long tag IDs whose TagSet hashes collide. Each later set insertion compares against an increasing number of earlier colliding tags in ConstructedPayloadDecoderBase._decodeComponentsSchemaless, producing quadratic CPU work while decoded values and order remain valid. Repeated inputs can exhaust decoder CPU and reduce service availability. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.5.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
PY
pyasn1 · pyasn1
>= 0.3.3, < 0.6.5 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-119194
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-119194
x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/security/advisories/GHSA-fm9c-5rcf-2q5p
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/pull/132
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/commit/a36e3a3d067148d26197a6b7221fd0e2cde9cc86
x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/pyasn1/pyasn1/releases/tag/v0.6.5
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