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  - urllib3 is an HTTP client library for Python. urllib3's streaming API is designed for the efficient     handling of large HTTP responses by reading the content in chunks, rather than loading the entire response     body into memory at once. urllib3 can perform decoding or decompression based on the HTTP `Content-     Encoding` header (e.g., `gzip`, `deflate`, `br`, or `zstd`). When using the streaming API, the library     decompresses only the necessary bytes, enabling partial content consumption. Starting in version 1.22 and     prior to version 2.6.3, for HTTP redirect responses, the library would read the entire response body to     drain the connection and decompress the content unnecessarily. This decompression occurred even before any     read methods were called, and configured read limits did not restrict the amount of decompressed data. As     a result, there was no safeguard against decompression bombs. A malicious server could exploit this to     trigger excessive resource consumption on the client. Applications and libraries are affected when they     stream content from untrusted sources by setting `preload_content=False` when they do not disable     redirects. Users should upgrade to at least urllib3 v2.6.3, in which the library does not decode content     of redirect responses when `preload_content=False`. If upgrading is not immediately possible, disable     redirects by setting `redirect=False` for requests to untrusted source. (CVE-2026-21441)

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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-21441

high Nessus Plugin ID 282456

Version 1.16