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Thomas Perale 5541178b12 package/python-cbor2: patch CVE-2025-6{4076, 8131} CVE-2026-26209
Thanks to OpenEmbedded Community for providing the patches:

https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded/blob/scarthgap/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cbor2/

- CVE-2025-64076:
    Multiple vulnerabilities exist in cbor2 through version 5.7.0 in the
    decode_definite_long_string() function of the C extension decoder
    (source/decoder.c): (1) Integer Underflow Leading to Out-of-Bounds
    Read (CWE-191, CWE-125): An incorrect variable reference and missing
    state reset in the chunk processing loop causes buffer_length to not
    be reset to zero after UTF-8 character consumption. This results in
    subsequent chunk_length calculations producing negative values (e.g.,
    chunk_length = 65536 - buffer_length), which are passed as signed
    integers to the read() method, potentially triggering unlimited read
    operations and resource exhaustion. (2) Memory Leak via Missing
    Reference Count Release (CWE-401): The main processing loop fails to
    release Python object references (Py_DECREF) for chunk objects
    allocated in each iteration. For CBOR strings longer than 65536 bytes,
    this causes cumulative memory leaks proportional to the payload size,
    enabling memory exhaustion attacks through repeated processing of
    large CBOR payloads. Both vulnerabilities can be exploited remotely
    without authentication by sending specially-crafted CBOR data
    containing definite-length text strings with multi-byte UTF-8
    characters positioned at 65536-byte chunk boundaries. Successful
    exploitation results in denial of service through process crashes
    (CBORDecodeEOF exceptions) or memory exhaustion. The vulnerabilities
    affect all applications using cbor2's C extension to process untrusted
    CBOR data, including web APIs, IoT data collectors, and message queue
    processors. Fixed in commit 851473490281f82d82560b2368284ef33cf6e8f9
    pushed with released version 5.7.1.

For more information, see:
 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64076

- CVE-2025-68131:
    cbor2 provides encoding and decoding for the Concise Binary Object
    Representation (CBOR) serialization format. Starting in version 3.0.0
    and prior to version 5.8.0, whhen a CBORDecoder instance is reused
    across multiple decode operations, values marked with the shareable
    tag (28) persist in memory and can be accessed by subsequent CBOR
    messages using the sharedref tag (29). This allows an attacker-
    controlled message to read data from previously decoded messages if
    the decoder is reused across trust boundaries. Version 5.8.0 patches
    the issue.

For more information, see:
 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-68131

- CVE-2026-26209:
    cbor2 provides encoding and decoding for the Concise Binary Object
    Representation (CBOR) serialization format. Versions prior to 5.9.0
    are vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack caused by
    uncontrolled recursion when decoding deeply nested CBOR structures.
    This vulnerability affects both the pure Python implementation and the
    C extension `_cbor2`. The C extension relies on Python's internal
    recursion limits `Py_EnterRecursiveCall` rather than a data-driven
    depth limit, meaning it still raises `RecursionError` and crashes the
    worker process when the limit is hit. While the library handles
    moderate nesting levels, it lacks a hard depth limit. An attacker can
    supply a crafted CBOR payload containing approximately 100,000 nested
    arrays `0x81`. When `cbor2.loads()` attempts to parse this, it hits
    the Python interpreter's maximum recursion depth or exhausts the
    stack, causing the process to crash with a `RecursionError`. Because
    the library does not enforce its own limits, it allows an external
    attacker to exhaust the host application's stack resource. In many web
    application servers (e.g., Gunicorn, Uvicorn) or task queues (Celery),
    an unhandled `RecursionError` terminates the worker process
    immediately. By sending a stream of these small (<100KB) malicious
    packets, an attacker can repeatedly crash worker processes, resulting
    in a complete Denial of Service for the application. Version 5.9.0
    patches the issue.

For more information, see:
 - https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-26209

(cherry picked from commit b676a4f51b)
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
2026-05-13 14:01:15 +02:00

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From e61a5f365ba610d5907a0ae1bc72769bba34294b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andreas Eriksen <andreer@vespa.ai>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 22:21:06 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Set default read_size to 1 for backwards compatibility (#275)
MIME-Version: 1.0
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The buffered reads introduced in 5.8.0 could cause issues when code needs to access the stream position after decoding. This changes the default back to 1 (matching 5.7.1 behavior) while allowing users to opt-in to faster decoding by passing read_size=4096.
Implementation details:
- Use function pointer dispatch to eliminate runtime checks for read_size=1
- Skip buffer allocation entirely for unbuffered path
- Add read_size parameter to load() and loads() for API completeness
Co-authored-by: Alex Grönholm <alex.gronholm@nextday.fi>
Upstream: https://github.com/agronholm/cbor2/commit/e61a5f365ba610d5907a0ae1bc72769bba34294b.patch
Signed-off-by: Hitendra Prajapati <hprajapati@mvista.com>
Upstream: https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded/blob/scarthgap/meta-python/recipes-devtools/python/python3-cbor2/CVE-2026-26209.patch
CVE: CVE-2026-26209
[thomas: backport, stripped tests and changelog]
Signed-off-by: Thomas Perale <thomas.perale@mind.be>
---
cbor2/_decoder.py | 33 +++++++++++++++--
source/decoder.c | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------
source/decoder.h | 16 +++++++--
tests/test_decoder.py | 15 ++++++++
6 files changed, 130 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff --git a/cbor2/_decoder.py b/cbor2/_decoder.py
index f3b6849d..605340e0 100644
--- a/cbor2/_decoder.py
+++ b/cbor2/_decoder.py
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ def __init__(
tag_hook: Callable[[CBORDecoder, CBORTag], Any] | None = None,
object_hook: Callable[[CBORDecoder, dict[Any, Any]], Any] | None = None,
str_errors: Literal["strict", "error", "replace"] = "strict",
+ read_size: int = 1,
):
"""
:param fp:
@@ -90,6 +91,13 @@ def __init__(
:param str_errors:
determines how to handle unicode decoding errors (see the `Error Handlers`_
section in the standard library documentation for details)
+ :param read_size:
+ the minimum number of bytes to read at a time.
+ Setting this to a higher value like 4096 improves performance,
+ but is likely to read past the end of the CBOR value, advancing the stream
+ position beyond the decoded data. This only matters if you need to reuse the
+ stream after decoding.
+ Ignored in the pure Python implementation, but included for API compatibility.
.. _Error Handlers: https://docs.python.org/3/library/codecs.html#error-handlers
@@ -813,6 +821,7 @@ def loads(
tag_hook: Callable[[CBORDecoder, CBORTag], Any] | None = None,
object_hook: Callable[[CBORDecoder, dict[Any, Any]], Any] | None = None,
str_errors: Literal["strict", "error", "replace"] = "strict",
+ read_size: int = 1,
) -> Any:
"""
Deserialize an object from a bytestring.
@@ -831,6 +840,10 @@ def loads(
:param str_errors:
determines how to handle unicode decoding errors (see the `Error Handlers`_
section in the standard library documentation for details)
+ :param read_size:
+ the minimum number of bytes to read at a time.
+ Setting this to a higher value like 4096 improves performance.
+ Ignored in the pure Python implementation, but included for API compatibility.
:return:
the deserialized object
@@ -839,7 +852,11 @@ def loads(
"""
with BytesIO(s) as fp:
return CBORDecoder(
- fp, tag_hook=tag_hook, object_hook=object_hook, str_errors=str_errors
+ fp,
+ tag_hook=tag_hook,
+ object_hook=object_hook,
+ str_errors=str_errors,
+ read_size=read_size,
).decode()
@@ -848,6 +865,7 @@ def load(
tag_hook: Callable[[CBORDecoder, CBORTag], Any] | None = None,
object_hook: Callable[[CBORDecoder, dict[Any, Any]], Any] | None = None,
str_errors: Literal["strict", "error", "replace"] = "strict",
+ read_size: int = 1,
) -> Any:
"""
Deserialize an object from an open file.
@@ -866,6 +884,13 @@ def load(
:param str_errors:
determines how to handle unicode decoding errors (see the `Error Handlers`_
section in the standard library documentation for details)
+ :param read_size:
+ the minimum number of bytes to read at a time.
+ Setting this to a higher value like 4096 improves performance,
+ but is likely to read past the end of the CBOR value, advancing the stream
+ position beyond the decoded data. This only matters if you need to reuse the
+ stream after decoding.
+ Ignored in the pure Python implementation, but included for API compatibility.
:return:
the deserialized object
@@ -873,5 +898,9 @@ def load(
"""
return CBORDecoder(
- fp, tag_hook=tag_hook, object_hook=object_hook, str_errors=str_errors
+ fp,
+ tag_hook=tag_hook,
+ object_hook=object_hook,
+ str_errors=str_errors,
+ read_size=read_size,
).decode()
diff --git a/source/decoder.c b/source/decoder.c
index 6db81460..20b8a7d7 100644
--- a/source/decoder.c
+++ b/source/decoder.c
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ static int _CBORDecoder_set_tag_hook(CBORDecoderObject *, PyObject *, void *);
static int _CBORDecoder_set_object_hook(CBORDecoderObject *, PyObject *, void *);
static int _CBORDecoder_set_str_errors(CBORDecoderObject *, PyObject *, void *);
+// Forward declarations for read dispatch functions
+static int fp_read_unbuffered(CBORDecoderObject *, char *, Py_ssize_t);
+static int fp_read_buffered(CBORDecoderObject *, char *, Py_ssize_t);
+
static PyObject * decode(CBORDecoderObject *, DecodeOptions);
static PyObject * decode_bytestring(CBORDecoderObject *, uint8_t);
static PyObject * decode_string(CBORDecoderObject *, uint8_t);
@@ -155,6 +159,7 @@ CBORDecoder_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
self->readahead_size = 0;
self->read_pos = 0;
self->read_len = 0;
+ self->fp_read = fp_read_unbuffered; // default, will be set properly in init
}
return (PyObject *) self;
error:
@@ -164,7 +169,7 @@ CBORDecoder_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
// CBORDecoder.__init__(self, fp=None, tag_hook=None, object_hook=None,
-// str_errors='strict', read_size=4096)
+// str_errors='strict', read_size=1)
int
CBORDecoder_init(CBORDecoderObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
{
@@ -233,7 +238,8 @@ _CBORDecoder_set_fp_with_read_size(CBORDecoderObject *self, PyObject *value, Py_
return -1;
}
- if (self->readahead == NULL || self->readahead_size != read_size) {
+ // Skip buffer allocation for read_size=1 (direct read path doesn't use buffer)
+ if (read_size > 1 && (self->readahead == NULL || self->readahead_size != read_size)) {
new_buffer = (char *)PyMem_Malloc(read_size);
if (!new_buffer) {
Py_DECREF(read);
@@ -254,8 +260,15 @@ _CBORDecoder_set_fp_with_read_size(CBORDecoderObject *self, PyObject *value, Py_
if (new_buffer) {
PyMem_Free(self->readahead);
self->readahead = new_buffer;
- self->readahead_size = read_size;
+ } else if (read_size == 1 && self->readahead != NULL) {
+ // Free existing buffer when switching to direct read path (read_size=1)
+ PyMem_Free(self->readahead);
+ self->readahead = NULL;
}
+ self->readahead_size = read_size;
+
+ // Set read dispatch function - eliminates runtime check on every read
+ self->fp_read = (read_size == 1) ? fp_read_unbuffered : fp_read_buffered;
return 0;
}
@@ -447,9 +460,25 @@ fp_read_bytes(CBORDecoderObject *self, char *buf, Py_ssize_t size)
return bytes_read;
}
-// Read into caller's buffer using the readahead buffer
+// Unbuffered read - used when read_size=1 (backwards compatible mode)
+// This matches the 5.7.1 behavior with no runtime overhead
+static int
+fp_read_unbuffered(CBORDecoderObject *self, char *buf, Py_ssize_t size)
+{
+ Py_ssize_t bytes_read = fp_read_bytes(self, buf, size);
+ if (bytes_read == size)
+ return 0;
+ if (bytes_read >= 0)
+ PyErr_Format(
+ _CBOR2_CBORDecodeEOF,
+ "premature end of stream (expected to read %zd bytes, "
+ "got %zd instead)", size, bytes_read);
+ return -1;
+}
+
+// Buffered read - used when read_size > 1 for improved performance
static int
-fp_read(CBORDecoderObject *self, char *buf, const Py_ssize_t size)
+fp_read_buffered(CBORDecoderObject *self, char *buf, Py_ssize_t size)
{
Py_ssize_t available, to_copy, remaining, total_copied;
@@ -507,7 +536,7 @@ fp_read_object(CBORDecoderObject *self, const Py_ssize_t size)
if (!ret)
return NULL;
- if (fp_read(self, PyBytes_AS_STRING(ret), size) == -1) {
+ if (self->fp_read(self, PyBytes_AS_STRING(ret), size) == -1) {
Py_DECREF(ret);
return NULL;
}
@@ -528,7 +557,7 @@ CBORDecoder_read(CBORDecoderObject *self, PyObject *length)
return NULL;
ret = PyBytes_FromStringAndSize(NULL, len);
if (ret) {
- if (fp_read(self, PyBytes_AS_STRING(ret), len) == -1) {
+ if (self->fp_read(self, PyBytes_AS_STRING(ret), len) == -1) {
Py_DECREF(ret);
ret = NULL;
}
@@ -576,19 +605,19 @@ decode_length(CBORDecoderObject *self, uint8_t subtype,
if (subtype < 24) {
*length = subtype;
} else if (subtype == 24) {
- if (fp_read(self, value.u8.buf, sizeof(uint8_t)) == -1)
+ if (self->fp_read(self, value.u8.buf, sizeof(uint8_t)) == -1)
return -1;
*length = value.u8.value;
} else if (subtype == 25) {
- if (fp_read(self, value.u16.buf, sizeof(uint16_t)) == -1)
+ if (self->fp_read(self, value.u16.buf, sizeof(uint16_t)) == -1)
return -1;
*length = be16toh(value.u16.value);
} else if (subtype == 26) {
- if (fp_read(self, value.u32.buf, sizeof(uint32_t)) == -1)
+ if (self->fp_read(self, value.u32.buf, sizeof(uint32_t)) == -1)
return -1;
*length = be32toh(value.u32.value);
} else {
- if (fp_read(self, value.u64.buf, sizeof(uint64_t)) == -1)
+ if (self->fp_read(self, value.u64.buf, sizeof(uint64_t)) == -1)
return -1;
*length = be64toh(value.u64.value);
}
@@ -752,7 +781,7 @@ decode_indefinite_bytestrings(CBORDecoderObject *self)
list = PyList_New(0);
if (list) {
while (1) {
- if (fp_read(self, &lead.byte, 1) == -1)
+ if (self->fp_read(self, &lead.byte, 1) == -1)
break;
if (lead.major == 2 && lead.subtype != 31) {
ret = decode_bytestring(self, lead.subtype);
@@ -959,7 +988,7 @@ decode_indefinite_strings(CBORDecoderObject *self)
list = PyList_New(0);
if (list) {
while (1) {
- if (fp_read(self, &lead.byte, 1) == -1)
+ if (self->fp_read(self, &lead.byte, 1) == -1)
break;
if (lead.major == 3 && lead.subtype != 31) {
ret = decode_string(self, lead.subtype);
@@ -2040,7 +2069,7 @@ CBORDecoder_decode_simple_value(CBORDecoderObject *self)
PyObject *tag, *ret = NULL;
uint8_t buf;
- if (fp_read(self, (char*)&buf, sizeof(uint8_t)) == 0) {
+ if (self->fp_read(self, (char*)&buf, sizeof(uint8_t)) == 0) {
tag = PyStructSequence_New(&CBORSimpleValueType);
if (tag) {
PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(tag, 0, PyLong_FromLong(buf));
@@ -2066,7 +2095,7 @@ CBORDecoder_decode_float16(CBORDecoderObject *self)
char buf[sizeof(uint16_t)];
} u;
- if (fp_read(self, u.buf, sizeof(uint16_t)) == 0)
+ if (self->fp_read(self, u.buf, sizeof(uint16_t)) == 0)
ret = PyFloat_FromDouble(unpack_float16(u.i));
set_shareable(self, ret);
return ret;
@@ -2084,7 +2113,7 @@ CBORDecoder_decode_float32(CBORDecoderObject *self)
char buf[sizeof(float)];
} u;
- if (fp_read(self, u.buf, sizeof(float)) == 0) {
+ if (self->fp_read(self, u.buf, sizeof(float)) == 0) {
u.i = be32toh(u.i);
ret = PyFloat_FromDouble(u.f);
}
@@ -2104,7 +2133,7 @@ CBORDecoder_decode_float64(CBORDecoderObject *self)
char buf[sizeof(double)];
} u;
- if (fp_read(self, u.buf, sizeof(double)) == 0) {
+ if (self->fp_read(self, u.buf, sizeof(double)) == 0) {
u.i = be64toh(u.i);
ret = PyFloat_FromDouble(u.f);
}
@@ -2133,7 +2162,7 @@ decode(CBORDecoderObject *self, DecodeOptions options)
if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" in CBORDecoder.decode"))
return NULL;
- if (fp_read(self, &lead.byte, 1) == 0) {
+ if (self->fp_read(self, &lead.byte, 1) == 0) {
switch (lead.major) {
case 0: ret = decode_uint(self, lead.subtype); break;
case 1: ret = decode_negint(self, lead.subtype); break;
@@ -2387,13 +2416,12 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(CBORDecoder__doc__,
" :class:`dict` object. The return value is substituted for the dict\n"
" in the deserialized output.\n"
":param read_size:\n"
-" the size of the read buffer (default 4096). The decoder reads from\n"
-" the stream in chunks of this size for performance. This means the\n"
-" stream position may advance beyond the bytes actually decoded. For\n"
-" large values (bytestrings, text strings), reads may be larger than\n"
-" ``read_size``. Code that needs to read from the stream after\n"
-" decoding should use :meth:`decode_from_bytes` instead, or set\n"
-" ``read_size=1`` to disable buffering (at a performance cost).\n"
+" the minimum number of bytes to read at a time.\n"
+" Setting this to a higher value like 4096 improves performance,\n"
+" but is likely to read past the end of the CBOR value, advancing the stream\n"
+" position beyond the decoded data. This only matters if you need to reuse the\n"
+" stream after decoding.\n"
+" Ignored in the pure Python implementation, but included for API compatibility.\n"
"\n"
".. _CBOR: https://cbor.io/\n"
);
diff --git a/source/decoder.h b/source/decoder.h
index a2f4bf18..3efff8bb 100644
--- a/source/decoder.h
+++ b/source/decoder.h
@@ -3,10 +3,17 @@
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdint.h>
-// Default readahead buffer size for streaming reads
-#define CBOR2_DEFAULT_READ_SIZE 4096
+// Default readahead buffer size for streaming reads.
+// Set to 1 for backwards compatibility (no buffering).
+#define CBOR2_DEFAULT_READ_SIZE 1
-typedef struct {
+// Forward declaration for function pointer typedef
+struct CBORDecoderObject_;
+
+// Function pointer type for read dispatch (eliminates runtime check)
+typedef int (*fp_read_fn)(struct CBORDecoderObject_ *, char *, Py_ssize_t);
+
+typedef struct CBORDecoderObject_ {
PyObject_HEAD
PyObject *read; // cached read() method of fp
PyObject *tag_hook;
@@ -23,6 +30,9 @@ typedef struct {
Py_ssize_t readahead_size; // size of allocated buffer
Py_ssize_t read_pos; // current position in buffer
Py_ssize_t read_len; // valid bytes in buffer
+
+ // Read dispatch - points to unbuffered or buffered implementation
+ fp_read_fn fp_read;
} CBORDecoderObject;
extern PyTypeObject CBORDecoderType;