VulnerabilityPublished 13 Aug 2026Updated 31 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-23490: Mcp google sheets · pyasn1 has a DoS vulnerability in decoder

Affects mcp-google-sheetsSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 0.6.0_2 soon.

Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 01:52 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Patch: Available – fixed in 0.6.0_2

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

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the impacted component.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: High: There is total loss of availability, resulting in the attacker being able to fully deny access to resources in the impacted component; this loss is either sustained (while the attacker continues to deliver the attack) or persistent (the condition persists even after the attack has completed). Alternatively, the attacker has the ability to deny some availability, but the loss of availability presents a direct, serious consequence to the impacted component (e.g., the attacker cannot disrupt existing connections, but can prevent new connections; the attacker can repeatedly exploit a vulnerability that, in each instance of a successful attack, leaks a only small amount of memory, but after repeated exploitation causes a service to become completely unavailable).

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 13 Aug 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponized: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 31 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponized: A Metasploit exploit module or Exploit-DB entry exists (Metasploit scanner modules do not count), or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade mcp-google-sheets to 0.6.0_2.

Patches and advisories

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Homebrewmcp-google-sheets`pkg:brew/mcp-google-sheets`Other threats	Affected >=0.5.1 <0.6.0_2	Fixed in 0.6.0_2

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AI-suggested

A patch is available in pyasn1 version 0.6.0_2. Users should upgrade to this fixed version or later to remediate the vulnerability. Red Hat has released updated packages for affected distributions, and applying these updates is recommended. Until patched, limiting the size of ASN.1 data processed or implementing resource limits may reduce risk, but the primary mitigation is to apply the official fix.

Description

A denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability exists in pyasn1 version 0.6.1 due to memory exhaustion caused by malformed RELATIVE-OID values with excessive continuation octets during decoding. An attacker can exploit this by crafting malicious ASN.1 packets, such as X.509 certificates, that cause the decoder to consume excessive memory and potentially hang or crash affected services. This impacts applications that decode ASN.1 data, including LDAP servers, TLS/SSL endpoints, and OCSP responders. A fix is available in pyasn1 version 0.6.0_2.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability can cause affected applications to consume excessive memory, leading to denial of service by hanging or crashing the process. This can disrupt critical services that rely on ASN.1 decoding, including LDAP servers, TLS/SSL endpoints, and OCSP responders. There is no indication of confidentiality or integrity impact. No known active exploitation in the wild has been reported.

Summary

The pyasn1 library version 0.6.1 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability (CVE-2026-23490) in its BER decoder. The flaw arises from improper handling of RELATIVE-OID values with excessive continuation octets, leading to memory exhaustion. The vulnerable code accumulates sub-identifiers in a way that can cause exponential memory growth when parsing maliciously crafted ASN.1 data. Proof-of-concept code demonstrates how a large payload of continuation octets causes the decoder to consume large amounts of memory, potentially causing system hangs or crashes. This vulnerability affects software that uses pyasn1 to decode ASN.1 structures, such as certificate validation in TLS/SSL and LDAP services. The issue is fixed in pyasn1 version 0.6.0_2, and Red Hat has issued advisories providing patched packages.

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