# eth-abi is vulnerable to recursive DoS

Advisory record · `GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7`

- **Identifiers:** `GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-1285](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/1285.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-1285](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-1285.md)
- **Published:** 5 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Sept 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 5 Mar 2024, 14:39 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

## Affected packages

- `eth-abi` (PyPI): affected `<5.0.1`; fixed in `5.0.1`

## Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

> eth-abi versions before 5.0.1 are vulnerable to a recursive denial-of-service issue. The source gives few details: it describes a recursive pointer problem and refers to a related advisory, but does not say what input triggers it or what the impact is beyond denial of service. Upgrade to eth-abi 5.0.1, which is listed as the fixed version.

Written 5 Nov 2026.

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our analysis of this Advisory yet. Once a person has reviewed it, this page will say what’s vulnerable, what has to be true for your app to be affected, and how to check.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** No score.

## Timeline

- 31 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC: First seen by agentprime
- 31 Oct 2026, 14:38 UTC: [Confirmed by OSV](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7)

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory Database: GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7)
- [OSV: GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7](https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7)
- <https://github.com/ethereum/eth-abi/security/advisories/GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7>
- <https://github.com/ApeWorX/eth-abi/pull/226>
- <https://github.com/ethereum/eth-abi/commit/82c1ad37a866472562d81fedaef0f4fed0a08269>
- <https://github.com/ethereum/eth-abi>

Facts on this page come from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY 4.0), OSV and the other sources listed, as published. We don’t reproduce full advisory descriptions, which can contain exploit code.

## Check whether this affects you

A Match means an installed version is in the affected range above. Most don’t affect the app; agentprime hasn’t analysed this one yet.

- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), ask your agent to check the project: `check_lockfile` sends a lockfile, `check_packages` a list of installed packages, and both return the Matches and the upgrades that clear them. `get_advisory` returns this record. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- In a browser: <https://agentprime.io/check/> reads your lockfile in the browser, never uploading it.
- Whether it touches your code, with file and line: the Claude Code plugin, <https://agentprime.io/plugin.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/GHSA-3qwc-47jf-5rf7>, or `POST https://api.agentprime.io/v1/match` with your packages (<https://agentprime.io/api.md>)

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