CVE-2026-15308 is a CPU resource-exhaustion vulnerability in Python's incremental HTML parser, html.parser.HTMLParser. Processing attacker-controlled data containing repeated unterminated markup declarations can cause excessive CPU consumption and denial of service in applications using the vulnerable parser. Exact affected upstream Python version ranges are not established.
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The supplied CVSS vectors describe a network-accessible vulnerability with low attack complexity, requiring neither privileges nor user interaction, and causing high availability impact without confidentiality or integrity impact. The affected product and underlying flaw are not identified. A patch publication date of July 25, 2026, is listed.
A Python HTML parser denial-of-service vulnerability in which repeated unterminated markup declarations can cause CPU exhaustion.
A Python HTML-parser denial-of-service vulnerability where repeated unterminated markup declarations can consume CPU resources. It affects Python packages on Rocky Linux 9 and is addressed by the CIQ/Rocky Linux security update CRLSA-2026_39798.
A Python HTML parser CPU denial-of-service vulnerability triggered by repeated unterminated markup declarations. It affects Python packages installed on Rocky Linux 10.2 covered by CIQ advisory crlsa-2026_40856.
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