CVE-2026-61541

LOWCVSS 6.9 · MEDIUM

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD 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.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-770

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-09-23: 109-23
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • DailyCVE@dailycve

    🟠 Zapros, Unbounded Content-Encoding Decompression Chain Denial of Service, #CVE-2026-61541 (Medium) -DC-Sep2026-2532 https://dailycve.com/zapros-unbounded-content-encoding-decompression-chain-denial-of-service-cve-2026-61541-medium-dc-sep2026-2532/

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