CVE
Soup Sieve denial of service in :has() selector matching
- Exploited
- No known exploitation
- Fix
- Fixed in 4.0.1
- Who is exposed
- Not reported
Do first: Upgrade to a fixed version: 4.0.1.
- Last modified
- Whether it needs action now or is a reference record, by fixed rules, with why. Last checked is when cve.now last re-read it.What do these mean? →
- Reference
- Last checked
- FIRST's estimate of the chance attackers exploit it in the next 30 days, updated daily.What do these mean? →
- 0.30% · 23rd percentile
- A 0-100 score for how much a CVE matters across the industry: exploitation, exposure, how widely the software is used, severity and whether a fix exists.What do these mean? →
- 22/100 · provisional
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
Summary
Soup Sieve, a CSS selector library used with Beautiful Soup 4, can be made to take very long to match `:has()` selectors on deeply nested or very wide HTML or XML that an attacker can influence. This can be triggered remotely, without logging in, and can tie up a worker for seconds or minutes, causing a denial of service.
Written by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5 from the sources below. Verify against them.
Read the original description
Soup Sieve is a CSS selector library designed to be used with Beautiful Soup 4. Prior to 4.0.1, Soup Sieve repeatedly searches descendant subtrees for each candidate evaluated by :has() and repeatedly reevaluates a parent containing :has(> ...) for each child, causing quadratic matching on deeply nested or wide attacker-influenced HTML or XML. Applications using ordinary fixed selectors through select(), select_one(), or Beautiful Soup CSS APIs against untrusted documents can have a worker occupied for seconds or minutes, while applications that process only trusted documents are not affected. Selectors compiled with NOCACHE continue to use the old uncached behavior. This issue is fixed in version 4.0.1.
cve.now Index
- Exploitation?/40Unknown. No CISA SSVC exploitation rating yet
- Exposure17/25No login or user action needed per the CVSS vector, reachable over the network without a login · Unknown: No advisory context yet
- Reach?/20Unknown. No tracked technology or package matched
- Severity5.3/10CVSS 5.3
- No patch0/5No signal
What would change the score
- Would score about 67 if added to CISA KEV
- Would score about 62 if CISA's SSVC rates exploitation active
- Would score about 27 if advisories confirm default setups are exposed
What to do
Upgrade to a fixed version: 4.0.1.
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What cve.now has for CVE-2026-126189 (entry last updated 2026-11-12):
Affected:
- facelessuser soupsieve: fixed in 4.0.1
Fixed versions: 4.0.1.
Setup: unknown whether the bug needs a non-default feature or setting. Check the advisory.
CISA KEV: CVE-2026-126189 is not listed as of cve.now's last read.
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Verify against the linked advisories before concluding, and cite the date you read each one:
- https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/security/advisories/GHSA-8jvp-3x96-xpqw
- https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/pull/352
- https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/commit/0469c148f5501ec2127e0d65b77c2a1c395fa379
- https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/commit/305fbf6b8c1f6ff05fec55d1e5bb28d80d22de44
- https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/releases/tag/4.0.1
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- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- facelessuser soupsieve
fixed in 4.0.1
Evidence 7
Vendor advisory · 1
Establishes: Affected and fixed versions.
- Advisory
CVE record · 2
Establishes: The identifier and description.
- Record
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Other links · 4
- Repository
- Repository
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Corrections
None so far.
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Questions about CVE-2026-126189
Is CVE-2026-126189 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.Source: cve.now feed data
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-126189?
soupsieve: before 4.0.1.Source: cve.now feed data
How do I fix CVE-2026-126189?
Upgrade to a fixed version: 4.0.1.Source: cve.now feed data