PyPI/chatterbot CVE-2026-23842: high 7.5, EPSS 0.54%

ChatterBot Vulnerable to Denial of Service via Database Connection Pool Exhaustion

Action: Upgrade chatterbot to 1.2.11 or later.

pip install chatterbot==1.2.11

Affected

Fixed versions

Sources

• osv: GHSA-v4w8-49pv-mf72
• https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/security/advisories/GHSA-v4w8-49pv-mf72
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23842
• https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/pull/2432
• https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/commit/de89fe648139f8eeacc998ad4524fab291a378cf
• https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot
• https://github.com/gunthercox/ChatterBot/releases/tag/1.2.11
• https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4ee845c4-b847-4854-84ec-4b2fb2f7090f

CVE-2026-23842 · published 2026-01-20T18:36:17Z · modified 2026-07-07T17:56:29.902632670Z · JSON