From 97851871f5951d744f6933263f04c589f81f3b64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Miroslav Stampar <miroslav.stampar@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2026 09:26:32 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Minor optimization

---
 data/txt/sha256sums.txt |  4 ++--
 lib/core/settings.py    |  2 +-
 lib/request/connect.py  | 17 ++++++++++-------
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
index f6d872133..2ed43ebf6 100644
--- a/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
+++ b/data/txt/sha256sums.txt
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ c1cb56f2a43e9f2f6b25d5f3d504e856ea21df6fc14af5e37b1000feef2bdb5a  lib/core/optio
 48797d6c34dd9bb8a53f7f3794c85f4288d82a9a1d6be7fcf317d388cb20d4b3  lib/core/replication.py
 0b8c38a01bb01f843d94a6c5f2075ee47520d0c4aa799cecea9c3e2c5a4a23a6  lib/core/revision.py
 888daba83fd4a34e9503fe21f01fef4cc730e5cde871b1d40e15d4cbc847d56c  lib/core/session.py
-c811fffa88aa0deb40e6da2854b8705eec75ef6375a760535c71c21a8cde98f7  lib/core/settings.py
+32da56610381544b8cb37cd496cb9492b69a54cc9b7926eae4984be18017c598  lib/core/settings.py
 cd5a66deee8963ba8e7e9af3dd36eb5e8127d4d68698811c29e789655f507f82  lib/core/shell.py
 bcb5d8090d5e3e0ef2a586ba09ba80eef0c6d51feb0f611ed25299fbb254f725  lib/core/subprocessng.py
 d35650179816193164a5f177102f18379dfbe6bb6d40fbb67b78d907b41c8038  lib/core/target.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ d2e771cdacef25ee3fdc0e0355b92e7cd1b68f5edc2756ffc19f75d183ba2c73  lib/parse/payl
 a1c638493ecdc5194db7186bbfed815c6eed2344f2607cac8c9fa50534824266  lib/request/basic.py
 bc61bc944b81a7670884f82231033a6ac703324b34b071c9834886a92e249d0e  lib/request/chunkedhandler.py
 2daf0ce19eacda64687f441c90ef8da51714c3e8947c993ba08fb4ecdc4f5287  lib/request/comparison.py
-f83140c85be7f572f83c4ab4279fa1d8601243210cdfe4a44b2fc218befbcffd  lib/request/connect.py
+c7ab9699f30b67fdee3ddafdc215981da21aa6820d8dcd620f5c2ca82ddde2f4  lib/request/connect.py
 8e06682280fce062eef6174351bfebcb6040e19976acff9dc7b3699779783498  lib/request/direct.py
 cf019248253a5d7edb7bc474aa020b9e8625d73008a463c56ba2b539d7f2d8ec  lib/request/dns.py
 f56fc33251bd6214e3a6316c8f843eb192b2996aa84bd4c3e98790fdcf6e8cf0  lib/request/httpshandler.py
diff --git a/lib/core/settings.py b/lib/core/settings.py
index c1ac9fb03..f02281725 100644
--- a/lib/core/settings.py
+++ b/lib/core/settings.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ from lib.core.enums import OS
 from thirdparty import six
 
 # sqlmap version (<major>.<minor>.<month>.<monthly commit>)
-VERSION = "1.10.2.6"
+VERSION = "1.10.2.7"
 TYPE = "dev" if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] != '0' else "stable"
 TYPE_COLORS = {"dev": 33, "stable": 90, "pip": 34}
 VERSION_STRING = "sqlmap/%s#%s" % ('.'.join(VERSION.split('.')[:-1]) if VERSION.count('.') > 2 and VERSION.split('.')[-1] == '0' else VERSION, TYPE)
diff --git a/lib/request/connect.py b/lib/request/connect.py
index ad22bf957..934d533fb 100644
--- a/lib/request/connect.py
+++ b/lib/request/connect.py
@@ -227,17 +227,18 @@ class Connect(object):
 
     @staticmethod
     def _connReadProxy(conn):
-        retVal = b""
+        parts = []
 
         if not kb.dnsMode and conn:
             headers = conn.info()
             if kb.pageCompress and headers and hasattr(headers, "getheader") and (headers.getheader(HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_ENCODING, "").lower() in ("gzip", "deflate") or "text" not in headers.getheader(HTTP_HEADER.CONTENT_TYPE, "").lower()):
-                retVal = conn.read(MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE)
-                if len(retVal) == MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE:
+                part = conn.read(MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE)
+                if len(part) == MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE:
                     warnMsg = "large compressed response detected. Disabling compression"
                     singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
                     kb.pageCompress = False
                     raise SqlmapCompressionException
+                parts.append(part)
             else:
                 while True:
                     if not conn:
@@ -252,18 +253,20 @@ class Connect(object):
                         warnMsg = "large response detected. This could take a while"
                         singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
                         part = re.sub(getBytes(r"(?si)%s.+?%s" % (kb.chars.stop, kb.chars.start)), getBytes("%s%s%s" % (kb.chars.stop, LARGE_READ_TRIM_MARKER, kb.chars.start)), part)
-                        retVal += part
+                        parts.append(part)
                     else:
-                        retVal += part
+                        parts.append(part)
                         break
 
-                    if len(retVal) > MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE:
+                    if sum(len(_) for _ in parts) > MAX_CONNECTION_TOTAL_SIZE:
                         warnMsg = "too large response detected. Automatically trimming it"
                         singleTimeWarnMessage(warnMsg)
                         break
 
         if conf.yuge:
-            retVal = YUGE_FACTOR * retVal
+            parts = YUGE_FACTOR * parts
+
+        retVal = b"".join(parts)
 
         return retVal