CVE-2026-4224
Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/03/2026
Last modified:
17/03/2026
Description
When an Expat parser with a registered ElementDeclHandler parses an inline<br />
document type definition containing a deeply nested content model a C stack<br />
overflow occurs.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
6.00
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/196edfb06a7458377d4d0f4b3cd41724c1f3bd4a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e0a8a6da90597a924b300debe045cdb4628ee1f3
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/eb0e8be3a7e11b87d198a2c3af1ed0eccf532768
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/145986
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/145987
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/5M7CGUW3XBRY7II4DK43KF7NQQ3TPZ6R/
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/03/16/4



