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CVE-2025-6069

HTMLParser quadratic complexity when processing malformed inputs

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 3.9.24, 3.10.19, 3.11.14, 3.12.12, 3.13.6, and 1 more
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

The html.parser.HTMLParser class had worse-case quadratic complexity when processing certain crafted malformed inputs potentially leading to amplified denial-of-service.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Python Software Foundation CPython

    fixed in 3.9.24; From 3.10.0 · fixed in 3.10.19; From 3.11.0 · fixed in 3.11.14; From 3.12.0 · fixed in 3.12.12; From 3.13.0 · fixed in 3.13.6; From 3.14.0a1 · fixed in 3.14.0b3

References 10

GitHub · python/cpython

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