# CVE-2025-68480: Marshmallow has DoS in Schema.load(many)

- Also known as: GHSA-428G-F7CQ-PGP5, PYSEC-2026-1605
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.26.2, 4.1.2
- Published: 2025-12-22 · Updated: 2025-12-22

## Affected

- marshmallow-code marshmallow: from 3.0.0rc1, fixed in 3.26.2; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.1.2
- marshmallow (PyPI): from 3.0.0rc1, fixed in 3.26.2
- marshmallow (PyPI): from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.1.2
- marshmallow (PyPI): from 3.0.0rc1, fixed in 3.26.2; from 4.0.0, fixed in 4.1.2

## Description

Marshmallow is a lightweight library for converting complex objects to and from simple Python datatypes. In versions from 3.0.0rc1 to before 3.26.2 and from 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2, Schema.load(data, many=True) is vulnerable to denial of service attacks. A moderately sized request can consume a disproportionate amount of CPU time. This issue has been patched in version 3.26.2 and 4.1.2.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on marshmallow-code marshmallow, marshmallow, upgrade to a fixed version (3.26.2, 4.1.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/marshmallow-code/marshmallow/security/advisories/GHSA-428g-f7cq-pgp5
- https://github.com/marshmallow-code/marshmallow/commit/d24a0c9df061c4daa92f71cf85aca25b83eee508

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