VulnerabilityPublished 13 Aug 2026Updated 31 Oct 2026

CVE-2026-23490: Prowler · pyasn1 has a DoS vulnerability in decoder

Affects prowlerSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 5.16.1_4 soon.

Data as of 31 Oct 2026, 16:35 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

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

Patch: Available – fixed in 5.16.1_4

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 30 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 prowler to 5.16.1_4.

Patches and advisories

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Homebrewprowler`pkg:brew/prowler`Other threats	Affected >=4.3.6 <5.16.1_4	Fixed in 5.16.1_4

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AI-suggested

A patch is available in pyasn1 version 5.16.1_4 that fixes this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to this fixed version to mitigate the risk. The vendor advisory from Red Hat confirms the availability of this update. Until patched, adding limits on allowed bytes in the decoder may help mitigate the issue.

Description

A Denial-of-Service (DoS) vulnerability exists in pyasn1 version 0.6.1 due to improper handling of malformed RELATIVE-OID values with excessive continuation octets in the decoder. This flaw can cause memory exhaustion and potentially hang systems or stop services that decode ASN.1 data, such as LDAP servers, TLS/SSL endpoints, and OCSP responders. The issue is fixed in pyasn1 version 5.16.1_4.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability can cause affected systems to consume excessive memory resources, leading to Denial-of-Service conditions such as system hangs or service crashes. Systems that decode ASN.1 data, including LDAP servers, TLS/SSL endpoints, and OCSP responders, are at risk. 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 DoS vulnerability (CVE-2026-23490) in its BER decoder related to the processing of RELATIVE-OID values. Specifically, the decoder's handling of continuation octets in the RELATIVE-OID field can lead to excessive memory consumption and exhaustion. A proof-of-concept demonstrates that a crafted payload with many continuation octets causes the decoder to allocate large amounts of memory, potentially leading to service disruption. This vulnerability affects applications that parse ASN.1 data, including certificate validation processes. The issue is addressed in pyasn1 version 5.16.1_4.

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