CVE 6.3 MEDIUM

The expat and elementtree parsers use insufficient entropy for XML hash-flooding protection_CVE-2026-7210

6.3 / 10
MEDIUM
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

Description

`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.

Basic Information

ID CVE-2026-7210
Source PSF
Published May 11, 2026 at 17:19
Modified May 11, 2026 at 18:54

Affected Product

Vendor Python Software Foundation
Product CPython
Affected Versions Python Software Foundation CPython 0

CWE Classification

References

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