Python Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Vulnerability - CVE-2024-7592 - Vulnerability Database

Python Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Vulnerability - CVE-2024-7592

High
Reference: CVE-2024-7592
Title: Python Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Vulnerability
Overview:

There is a LOW severity vulnerability affecting CPython specifically the 39http.cookies39 standard library module. When parsing cookies that contained backslashes for quoted characters in the cookie value the parser would use an algorithm with quadratic complexity resulting in excess CPU resources being used while parsing the value.