CVE-2026-25577: Emmett-Core: Unhandled CookieError Exception Causing Denial of Service

February 10, 2026

The cookies property in emmett_core.http.wrappers.Request does not handle CookieError exceptions when parsing malformed Cookie headers. This allows unauthenticated attackers to trigger HTTP 500 errors and cause denial of service.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-x6cr-mq53-cc76
github.com/emmett-framework/core
github.com/emmett-framework/core/commit/c126757133e118119a280b58f3bb345b1c9a8a2a
github.com/emmett-framework/core/security/advisories/GHSA-x6cr-mq53-cc76
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-25577

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