CVE-2026-4224 (GCVE-0-2026-4224)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-16 17:52 – Updated: 2026-04-08 12:55
VLAI
Title
Stack overflow parsing XML with deeply nested DTD content models
Summary
When an Expat parser with a registered ElementDeclHandler parses an inline document type definition containing a deeply nested content model a C stack overflow occurs.
Severity
6 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
PSF
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Python Software Foundation CPython Affected: 0 , < 3.13.13 (python)
Affected: 3.14.0 , < 3.14.4 (python)
Affected: 3.15.0a1 , < 3.15.0a8 (python)
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Credits
Gil Portnoy Stan Ulbrych Bénédikt Tran Stan Ulbrych
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