Vulnerability in python-httplib2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59939)

Summary

Vulnerability in python-httplib2 (UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59939). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.20.2-2ubuntu0.1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

httplib2 is a comprehensive HTTP client library for Python. Prior to 0.32.0, httplib2 performs unbounded decompression of HTTP response bodies encoded with Content-Encoding: gzip or deflate in _decompressContent in httplib2/init.py, allowing a malicious or compromised HTTP server to return a small compressed payload that expands to an arbitrarily large size in memory and causes MemoryError or OOM-kill in the client process. This issue is fixed in version 0.32.0.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59939 has been found in python-httplib2.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade python-httplib2 to 0.20.2-2ubuntu0.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "python-httplib2 UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59939" on the vendor's site.

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59939 (python-httplib2)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 0.20.2-2ubuntu0.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in python-httplib2.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of python-httplib2.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 0.20.2-2ubuntu0.1.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'python-httplib2' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'python-httplib2' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で python-httplib2 を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade python-httplib2 to 0.20.2-2ubuntu0.1
```
ステージング環境で 0.20.2-2ubuntu0.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。