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Fedora 43 python-pyasn1 Critical Denial of Service Vulnerability News

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Calendar Grey February 22, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Update for python-pyasn1 fixes DoS issue due to memory exhaustion from malformed RELATIVE-OID. Prompt installation recommended.
Update for python-pyasn1-0.6.2-1.fc43

Summary

This is an implementation of ASN.1 types and codecs in the Python programming

language.

Update Information:

Update for python-pyasn1-0.6.2-1.fc43. Changelog * Thu Feb 05 2026 Simon Pichugin - 0.6.2-1 - Update to 0.6.2 - Fixed continuation octet limits in OID/RELATIVE-OID decoder (CVE-2026-23490)

Change Log

* Thu Feb 5 2026 Simon Pichugin - 0.6.2-1 - Update to 0.6.2 - Fixed continuation octet limits in OID/RELATIVE-OID decoder (CVE-2026-23490)

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2437014 - python-pyasn1-0.6.2 is available [f43] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2437014 [ 2 ] Bug #2438396 - CVE-2026-23490 python-pyasn1: pyasn1: Denial of Service due to memory exhaustion from malformed RELATIVE-OID [fedora-43] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2438396

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-0179c9b8ac' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: python-pyasn1
Product: Fedora 43
Version: 0.6.2
Release: 1.fc43
Summary: ASN.1 tools for Python

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