# CVE-2026-73568: py-libp2p: yamux connection DoS via oversized data frame

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3681, GHSA-HMJ8-5XMH-5573
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-08-13 · Updated: 2026-08-13

## Affected

- libp2p py-libp2p: through 0.7.0
- libp2p (PyPI): through 0.7.0

## Description

py-libp2p is the Python implementation of the libp2p networking stack. In 0.7.0 and earlier, the yamux handle_incoming() method in libp2p/stream_muxer/yamux/yamux.py reads an attacker-controlled 32-bit DATA frame length with read_exactly() before validating it against MAX_WINDOW_SIZE or checking whether stream_id exists. A peer that completes the standard Noise handshake can send a 12-byte frame declaring a 0xFFFFFFFF body and then withhold the body, causing the sequential yamux read loop used by the default new_host() configuration to block and preventing every stream on that connection from making progress. No fixed version is available as of this review.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on libp2p py-libp2p, libp2p, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/libp2p/py-libp2p/security/advisories/GHSA-hmj8-5xmh-5573
- https://github.com/libp2p/py-libp2p/commit/146ea87d1a20cc7dacf684ecf7c204543be04b37

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