CVE-2026-19445
CPython: Use-after-free of a server-side SSLContext when sni_callback switches contexts
CVSS
9.2CriticalExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.43%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
What fixes it
- 3.10.22CPythonCVE List
- 3.11.17CPythonCVE List
- 3.12.15CPythonCVE List
- 3.13.16CPythonCVE List
- 3.14.8CPythonCVE List
- 3.15.0rc3CPythonCVE List
A fixed version on one release line is not the upgrade target for every line. Check your exact version and any vendor backports.
Description
A remote, unauthenticated TLS client can make a server crash or call through a freed pointer if its sni_callback assigns a different context to SSLSocket.context (the documented way to select a certificate per server name) and nothing else keeps the original ssl.SSLContext alive. Typical cases are servers that create an SSLContext per connection or replace it while connections are open; servers that wrap their listening socket with it are not affected.
Mitigation: keep a reference to every SSLContext that sets sni_callback for the lifetime of the server. TLS clients are not affected.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 6
- CPythonaffected: all versions before 3.10.22CVE List
- CPythonaffected: 3.11.0 before 3.11.17CVE List
- CPythonaffected: 3.12.0 before 3.12.15CVE List
- CPythonaffected: 3.13.0 before 3.13.16CVE List
- CPythonaffected: 3.14.0 before 3.14.8CVE List
- CPythonaffected: 3.15.0a1 before 3.15.0rc3CVE List
References 10
- github.com/python/cpython/pull/158504Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/34a53dce8174da2fceb12fe084a4def02a10053dFixvia CVE List
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/46133cd57d309652139ada74014aca7665ac552bFixvia CVE List
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/63fab143d94cafae71850831acfb52041ba44af7Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/cd7e51e7d4563866fbaa1e2521ae69b45daf3698Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/d8717ed01717a9641686e6e6f83f0ab8af235e2cFixvia CVE List
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/b12968cefe69ca1dcb8606c832ff73ee7dbf4ba8Fixvia CVE List
- github.com/python/cpython/commit/ec44b5a3258cbda947d5e07242ee562ed05ef24bFixvia CVE List
- mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/QMQIUQB6WGGC3MI7I3WKQXOYOBDSPPS3/Advisoryvia CVE List
- github.com/python/cpython/issues/156293Referencevia CVE List