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CVE-2021-21419 Moderate

CVE-2021-21419

Eventlet is a concurrent networking library for Python. A websocket peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending very large websocket frames. Malicious peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending highly compressed data frame. A patch in version 0.31.0 restricts websocket frame to reasonable limits. As a workaround, restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion, but there is no workaround to protect Eventlet process.

Exploit probability 1.8%
Published May 7, 2021
Required by Not available
Last source change July 8, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

PyPI eventlet

34 explicit affected versions

Unknown Unknown

42 explicit affected versions

PyPI eventlet

34 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-9p9m-jm8w-94p2

### Impact A websocket peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending very large websocket frames. Malicious peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending highly compressed data frame. ### Patches Version 0.31.0 restricts websocket frame to reasonable limits. ### Workarounds Restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion. No workaround to protect Eventlet process. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Open an issue in [eventlet](https://github.com/eventlet/eventlet/issues) * Contact current maintainers. At 2021-03: [email protected] or https://t.me/temotor

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2021-21419

Eventlet is a concurrent networking library for Python. A websocket peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending very large websocket frames. Malicious peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending highly compressed data frame. A patch in version 0.31.0 restricts websocket frame to reasonable limits. As a workaround, restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion, but there is no workaround to protect Eventlet process.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities PYSEC-2021-12

Eventlet is a concurrent networking library for Python. A websocket peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending very large websocket frames. Malicious peer may exhaust memory on Eventlet side by sending highly compressed data frame. A patch in version 0.31.0 restricts websocket frame to reasonable limits. As a workaround, restricting memory usage via OS limits would help against overall machine exhaustion, but there is no workaround to protect Eventlet process.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence