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Echo

urllib3 is a user-friendly HTTP client library for Python. Starting in version 1.24 and prior to 2.6.0, the number of links in the decompression chain was unbounded allowing a malicious server to insert a virtually unlimited number of compression steps leading to high CPU usage and massive memory allocation for the decompressed data. This vulnerability is fixed in 2.6.0.

CVE ID	Severity	Score	Technologies	Component name	CISA KEV exploit	Has fix	Published date
CVE-2026-22871	HIGH	8.7	Python	guarddog	No	Yes	Jan 13, 2026
GHSA-58pv-8j8x-9vj2	HIGH	8.6	Python	jaraco.context	No	Yes	Jan 13, 2026
CVE-2026-22779	MEDIUM	6.3	Python	blacksheep	No	Yes	Jan 14, 2026
CVE-2026-21889	LOW	2.3	Python	weblate	No	Yes	Jan 14, 2026
CVE-2025-68492	LOW	2.3	Python	chainlit	No	Yes	Jan 14, 2026

CVE-2025-66418:
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CVE-2025-66418: Python vulnerability analysis and mitigation