CVE-2026-3276
Potential DoS via quadratic complexity in unicodedata.normalize()
At a glance
- Severity
- MEDIUM 6.3
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.49 % · percentile 42 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- PSF
- NVD status
- Awaiting Analysis
Description
unicodedata.normalize() can take excessive CPU time when processing specially crafted Unicode input containing long runs of combining characters with alternating Canonical Combining Class values. This affects all normalization forms.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | PSF |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 6.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · cna@python.org (Secondary) |
Weaknesses (CWE)
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-34103
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-3276
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0691 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans CPython · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Python Software Foundation · CPython | affected 0 < 3.10.21 ; affected 3.11.0 < 3.11.16 ; affected 3.12.0 < 3.12.14 ; affected 3.13.0 < 3.13.14 ; affected 3.14.0 < 3.14.6 ; affected 3.15.0a1 < 3.15.0b2 |
References
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/PP5HB4K7727OBBM76KA2ILID76K3OZGZ/
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/149080
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/149079
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6b505d1f41f8f3ea0fe5a4786d3a8fff1875cfc0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/991224b1e8311c85f198f6dd8208bf8cff7fc26f
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ba785b88add96acbf403d65cb157fb2743a33a32
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5512bd7c1dc28055660565275012766941d3066
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/90748760d38ca3ac5fc6788a69becab905c95598
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/d3ab945af25b28dfe13ac6cb40c124a01b33ce1f
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/db744c0776c1d5dd11aaa70eff2a6993c408bacc
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e322a1857084d521f79f45181b776f62e6acfc2c
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/15
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |