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CVE-2026-23842: ChatterBot Vulnerable to Denial of Service via Database Connection Pool Exhaustion

January 20, 2026

ChatterBot versions up to 1.2.10 are vulnerable to a denial-of-service condition caused by improper database session and connection pool management. Concurrent invocations of the get_response() method can exhaust the underlying SQLAlchemy connection pool, resulting in persistent service unavailability and requiring a manual restart to recover.

References

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

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.2.11

Fixed versions

  • 1.2.11

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.2.11 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Weakness

  • CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Source file

pypi/chatterbot/CVE-2026-23842.yml

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