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HIGH7.5

PYSEC-2026-3042

python-socketio: Binary attachment accumulation can cause denial of service

Quick fix

PYSEC-2026-3042 — python-socketio: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'python-socketio>=5.16.2'

Details

### Impact The python-socketio server stores binary `EVENT` and `ACK` messages in memory while it waits to receive their binary attachments. Once all the attachments are received, these messages are then processed. An attacker can submit a binary message and intentionally omit sending one or more of its attachments to cause the message along with the partial list of received attachments to stay in memory for a long time.

### Patches Version 5.16.2 takes the following measures to address this issue: - Binary packets are only accepted from authenticated clients. - When a client disconnects, the server checks if there is a partial binary message being held for the client and deletes it.

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Affected packages

PyPI/python-socketio
Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 5.16.2
Fixpip install --upgrade 'python-socketio>=5.16.2'

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