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CVE-2026-104020

Uncontrolled recursion in the Ion reader in Amazon Ion Python before 0.15.0 might allow a remote…

Risk score
68/100
CVSS
7.5 v3.1
Exploit chance (30 days)
0.4%
Published
1 Oct 2026

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What to know

What it is
Uncontrolled recursion in the Ion reader in Amazon Ion Python before 0.15.0 might allow a remote unauthenticated actor to crash the application using the library, resulting in a denial of service, via a crafted, deeply nested Ion value. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 0.15.0 or later.
Affected
See advisory
Fix
Upgrade the product to 0.15.0 or later.
Exploitation
No known exploitation

Why it is Amber

  • CVSS 7.5 high
  • Remotely exploitable without logging in
  • On your watchlist: python

References

Original description

Uncontrolled recursion in the Ion reader in Amazon Ion Python before 0.15.0 might allow a remote unauthenticated actor to crash the application using the library, resulting in a denial of service, via a crafted, deeply nested Ion value. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version 0.15.0 or later.

Last activity 1 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.