Back to vendor advisories
AWS Security BulletinsCVE-2026-104020

CVE-2026-104020 - Uncontrolled recursion in the Ion reader in Amazon Ion Python

Bulletin ID: 2026-122-AWS Scope: AWS Content Type: Important (requires attention) Publication Date: 10/01/2026 13:30 PM PDT Description: Amazon Ion Python is an open-source Python implementation of the Amazon Ion data notation. We identified CVE-2026-104020, an issue in the Ion reader in Amazon Ion Python before version 0.15.0 where a crafted, deeply nested Ion value could cause the application to raise an error or crash, resulting in a denial of service. Impacted versions: < 0.15.0 Please refer to the article below for the most up-to-date and complete information related to this AWS Security Bulletin.

Not listedCVSS not listedNot listed severity
Scope

What the vendor says is affected

The collected bulletin did not provide a separate affected-products list. Check the original bulletin before making an exposure decision.

Timeline

When this advisory changed

  1. Published by AWS

    The publication date reported by the vendor.

  2. Added to SecurityAlert

    We collected the advisory from the official source.

  3. Confirmed at the source

    Our collector saw this advisory during a later source check.

Vulnerabilities

CVEs named in this advisory