Medium severity · published Sep 18, 2026
CVE-2026-77528
Autobahn Python permessage-deflate bypasses maxMessagePayloadSize after inflation
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Autobahn Python is a WebSocket and WAMP implementation for Python that supports Twisted and asyncio. Prior to 26.7.1, WebSocket endpoints that accept permessage-deflate and rely on maxMessagePayloadSize enforce that limit against the compressed frame length before inflation but do not recheck the decompressed message size before delivery. A remote unauthenticated client can send a valid compressed frame below the configured wire-size limit that expands beyond the application message limit, causing oversized data to be allocated, joined, validated, and passed to application callbacks. This can create resource-exhaustion pressure, but the advisory does not establish confidentiality or integrity impact. This issue is fixed in version 26.7.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 44% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AU
autobahn-python · crossbario
< 26.7.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-77528
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-77528
github.com
https://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-python/commit/77d323a30b09b1828ad8be2ce6344e056970e613
github.com
https://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-python/pull/1916
github.com
https://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-python/releases/tag/v26_7_1
github.com
https://github.com/crossbario/autobahn-python/security/advisories/GHSA-hxp9-w8x3-p566
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