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pyexpat.c: Unbounded C recursion in conv_content_model causes crash (CVE 2026-4224) #145986
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3.12only security fixesonly security fixesextension-modulesC modules in the Modules dirC modules in the Modules dirtopic-XMLtype-crashA hard crash of the interpreter, possibly with a core dumpA hard crash of the interpreter, possibly with a core dumptype-securityA security issueA security issue
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What happened?
Please see PR for more information.
CPython versions tested on:
3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, 3.14, 3.15, CPython main branch
Operating systems tested on:
Linux
Output from running 'python -VV' on the command line:
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Linked PRs
conv_content_modelinpyexpat.c(CVE 2026-4224) #145987conv_content_modelinpyexpat.c(CVE 2026-4224) (GH-145987) #145995conv_content_modelinpyexpat.c(CVE 2026-4224) (GH-145987) #145996conv_content_modelinpyexpat.c(CVE 2026-4224) (GH-145987) #145999conv_content_modelinpyexpat.c(CVE 2026-4224) (GH-145987) #146000conv_content_modelinpyexpat.c(CVE 2026-4224) (GH-145987) #146002