VulnerabilityPublished 13 Aug 2026Updated 31 Oct 2026

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

Affects scoutsuiteSource GCVE Database

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.5 High : upgrade to 5.14.0_7 soon.

Data as of 1 Nov 2026, 00:22 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

7.5High

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

Patch: Available – fixed in 5.14.0_7

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 scoutsuite to 5.14.0_7.

Patches and advisories

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Homebrewscoutsuite`pkg:brew/scoutsuite`Other threats	Affected >=5.14.0_1 <5.14.0_7	Fixed in 5.14.0_7

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AI-suggested

A patch is available in pyasn1 version 5.14.0_7. Users should upgrade to this fixed version to remediate the vulnerability. The vendor advisory from Red Hat confirms the availability of this update and recommends applying it. No additional mitigation steps are indicated or required beyond applying the official fix.

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 during decoding. This flaw can cause memory exhaustion leading to system hangs or service outages. The vulnerability affects applications that decode ASN.1 data such as LDAP servers, TLS/SSL endpoints, and OCSP responders. A fix is available in pyasn1 version 5.14.0_7.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability results in denial of service through memory exhaustion, potentially causing affected applications to hang or crash. This impacts systems that rely on pyasn1 for ASN.1 decoding, including LDAP servers, TLS/SSL endpoints, and OCSP responders. There is no indication of confidentiality or integrity impact. No known exploits in the wild have been reported.

Summary

The pyasn1 library version 0.6.1 contains a DoS vulnerability (CVE-2026-23490) in its BER decoder. Specifically, the decoder improperly accumulates values when parsing RELATIVE-OID types with excessive continuation octets, causing unbounded memory consumption. This can be triggered by maliciously crafted ASN.1 packets, such as those found in X.509 certificates. The issue leads to memory exhaustion and potential service disruption. A proof-of-concept demonstrates the vulnerability by creating a large payload of continuation octets that exhaust system memory during decoding. The vulnerability is rated with a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.5 (high severity) and has an official patch available in version 5.14.0_7. Red Hat has issued an advisory confirming the fix and recommending updating affected packages.

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