CVE-2024-4340 (GCVE-0-2024-4340)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-04-30 14:23 – Updated: 2025-11-03 22:05
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Title
Passing a heavily nested list to sqlparse.parse() leads to a Denial of Service due to RecursionError.
Summary
Passing a heavily nested list to sqlparse.parse() leads to a Denial of Service due to RecursionError.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Affected: 0 , < 0.5.0 (python)
sqlparse_project sqlparse Affected: 0
    cpe:2.3:a:sqlparse_project:sqlparse:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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