Vulnerability in Python Software Foundation Cpython
CVE-2026-6879
`Element.findall()` and fully-consumed `Element.iterfind()` exhibit `O(n^2)` time complexity when using XPath index predicates (e.g. `[1]`, `[last()]`, `[last()-N]`) on XML documents with many same-tag siblings. `Element.find()` is only af…
Affected products
- Python Software Foundation Cpython — versions 0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cna@python.org (patch)
- cna@python.org (issue-tracking)
- cna@python.org (vendor-advisory)
- cna@python.org (patch)