CVE-2026-73568 PUBLISHED

py-libp2p: yamux connection DoS via oversized data frame

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 12.08.2026 Published: 13.08.2026 Updated: 13.08.2026

py-libp2p is the Python implementation of the libp2p networking stack. In 0.7.0 and earlier, the yamux handle_incoming() method in libp2p/stream_muxer/yamux/yamux.py reads an attacker-controlled 32-bit DATA frame length with read_exactly() before validating it against MAX_WINDOW_SIZE or checking whether stream_id exists. A peer that completes the standard Noise handshake can send a 12-byte frame declaring a 0xFFFFFFFF body and then withhold the body, causing the sequential yamux read loop used by the default new_host() configuration to block and preventing every stream on that connection from making progress. No fixed version is available as of this review.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 7.5

Product Status

Vendor libp2p
Product py-libp2p
Versions
  • Version <= 0.7.0 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE