# CVE-2026-116566: socket.getaddrinfo() accepts embedded null bytes in host and port

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-113279, GHSA-Q27H-3599-9X7J, PSF-2026-48
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.16.0
- Published: 2026-10-29 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Summary

The Python standard library's socket module, specifically its socket.getaddrinfo() function, is affected. Because it accepts host and port values containing embedded null bytes, those values can be silently truncated, which may cause name resolution to connect to a different host or port than the one the caller intended.

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## Affected

- Python Software Foundation CPython: fixed in 3.16.0

## Description

socket.getaddrinfo() previously accepted null bytes within *host* and *port* parameters which can cause the values to be silently truncated.

## What to do

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## References

- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/160899
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/160898
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/HCHE62VYTPYI6WOPJQDWUBR4CINBPSM7/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/131a3a66c5f400b588f9fd2732a5ed4e89623ee3

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