CVE-2026-15308 (GCVE-0-2026-15308)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-09 17:10 – Updated: 2026-07-23 18:46
VLAI
Title
Incremental HTMLParser feed() allows CPU-exhaustion DoS via repeated unterminated markup declarations
Summary
The incremental HTML parser (html.parser.HTMLParser) allows for CPU denial-of-service through repeated unterminated markup declarations when processing uncontrolled data.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
PSF
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Python Software Foundation CPython Affected: 0 , < 3.15.0b4 (python)
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Credits
Edward-x (https://github.com/YLChen-007) Serhiy Storchaka (https://github.com/serhiy-storchaka) Gregory P. Smith (https://github.com/gpshead) Seth Larson (https://github.com/sethmlarson)
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