Vulnerability from bitnami_vulndb
Published
2026-05-13 11:37
Modified
2026-05-13 12:07
Summary
The expat and elementtree parsers use insufficient entropy for XML hash-flooding protection
Details
xml.parsers.expat and xml.etree.ElementTree use insufficient entropy for Expat hash-flooding protection, which allows a crafted XML document to trigger hash flooding.\r\n\r\nFully mitigating this vulnerability requires both updating libexpat to 2.8.0 or later and applying this patch.
{
"affected": [
{
"package": {
"ecosystem": "Bitnami",
"name": "libpython",
"purl": "pkg:bitnami/libpython"
},
"ranges": [
{
"events": [
{
"introduced": "0"
}
],
"type": "SEMVER"
}
],
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
"type": "CVSS_V4"
}
]
}
],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-7210"
],
"database_specific": {
"cpes": [
"cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
],
"severity": "Medium"
},
"details": "`xml.parsers.expat` and `xml.etree.ElementTree` use insufficient entropy for Expat hash-flooding protection, which allows a crafted XML document to trigger hash flooding.\\r\\n\\r\\nFully mitigating this vulnerability requires both updating libexpat to 2.8.0 or later and applying this patch.",
"id": "BIT-libpython-2026-7210",
"modified": "2026-05-13T12:07:18.771Z",
"published": "2026-05-13T11:37:03.321Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/13"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/11/8"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/149018"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/149023"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/PNY5OMBDPM2FRUZTWFFPJ6LISWKV627K/"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7210"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.6.2",
"summary": "The expat and elementtree parsers use insufficient entropy for XML hash-flooding protection"
}
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