Bug 2544590 - CVE-2026-57585 python-pip: MessagePack for Python: Denial of Service via Unpacker reuse after error [fedora-all]
Summary: CVE-2026-57585 python-pip: MessagePack for Python: Denial of Service via Unpa...
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Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
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Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: python-pip
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Assignee: Python Maintainers
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: CVE-2026-57585
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Reported: 2026-10-01 11:36 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2026-10-14 12:23 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2026-10-14 12:23:28 UTC
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Description Tomas Hoger 2026-10-01 11:36:36 UTC 
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MessagePack is the serializer implementation for Python msgpack.org. Prior to 1.2.1, there is an Out-of-bounds read/crash on Unpacker reuse after a caught error, potentially leading to a DoS attack.  If the Unpacker is used repeatedly after an error occurs, the process may crash with a SEGV. This issue has been fixed in version 1.2.1.
Comment 1 Miro Hrončok 2026-10-14 12:23:28 UTC 
pip vendors msgpack (via CacheControl) as pure-Python only – the C unpack path where CVE-2026-57585 lives (use-after-free in unpack_template.h) is not shipped. Additionally, pip's only msgpack consumer, cachecontrol/serialize.py, calls msgpack.loads() one-shot and never reuses an Unpacker instance, so the reuse-after-caught-error precondition for the flaw cannot occur.
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