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[GHSA] GHSA-jwv3-5hgf-82ww (high) — python-cryptography: Duplicate self-signed intermediates can cause exponential path-building

highgithub_advisoriesPublished 2026-08-03

GHSA-jwv3-5hgf-82ww Severity: high CVE: CVE-2026-69249

python-cryptography: Duplicate self-signed intermediates can cause exponential path-building

### Summary When resolving invalid certificate chains that include duplicate copies of self-signed certificates, the processing recursively invokes the same candidate, leading to an exponential blowup. Although the limitation that the chain depth can

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Original source: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jwv3-5hgf-82ww