Zapros, a Python HTTP client, prior to version 0.14.0 is vulnerable to denial of service when an application requests content from an untrusted server, or follows a redirect to one, because a malicious response containing an excessive number of chained `Content-Encoding` values causes Zapros to construct a deeply nested decompression chain that consumes excessive resources. Version 0.14.0 patches the vulnerability by limiting responses to five content-encoding layers and raising `DecodingError` when that limit is exceeded. As a workaround, applications can add response middleware that inspects the `Content-Encoding` header and rejects responses containing more than a safe number of encoding layers.
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| Description | Zapros, a Python HTTP client, prior to version 0.14.0 is vulnerable to denial of service when an application requests content from an untrusted server, or follows a redirect to one, because a malicious response containing an excessive number of chained `Content-Encoding` values causes Zapros to construct a deeply nested decompression chain that consumes excessive resources. Version 0.14.0 patches the vulnerability by limiting responses to five content-encoding layers and raising `DecodingError` when that limit is exceeded. As a workaround, applications can add response middleware that inspects the `Content-Encoding` header and rejects responses containing more than a safe number of encoding layers. | |
| Title | Zapros has an Unbounded Content-Encoding decompression chain that allows denial of service | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-770 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-09-21T21:21:21.321Z
Reserved: 2026-07-10T16:27:03.093Z
Link: CVE-2026-61541
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-21T22:16:57.527
Modified: 2026-09-21T22:16:57.527
Link: CVE-2026-61541
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