# CVE-2026-59893: sqlparse: Inefficient Regex Handling of Dollar-Quoted SQL Literals Leads to ReDoS (Denial of Service)

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-3698, GHSA-PRG7-HCFM-MFCR
- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.6.0
- Published: 2026-08-17 · Updated: 2026-08-17

## Affected

- andialbrecht sqlparse: fixed in 0.6.0
- sqlparse (PyPI): fixed in 0.6.0

## Description

sqlparse is a non-validating SQL parser module for Python. Prior to 0.6.0, SQL_REGEX in sqlparse/keywords.py and the per-position loop in sqlparse/lexer.py repeatedly scan unmatched dollar-quoted literal and multiline-comment delimiters, causing quadratic CPU consumption through sqlparse.parse(), sqlparse.format(), and sqlparse.split(). This issue is fixed in version 0.6.0.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-prg7-hcfm-mfcr
- https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/d1d80602741f77ec78e5a04ce4719244cf32352e

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