LOW 2.4 NVD
CVE-2026-18503
Attacker-controlled CSV samples can trigger super-linear regular-expression work during dialect sniffing and consume significant CPU when applications pass un
Attacker-controlled CSV samples can trigger super-linear
regular-expression work during dialect sniffing and consume significant
CPU when applications pass unbounded input to csv.Sniffer.sniff().
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/063d4555c94ef412c731527dbf30193327f2ee82
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/476fb09cdb0d73e645849d98c610e7e5697ce7c9
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/89f29c760c02774b099ddd6863268eb13fa3946a
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b30c7fa9edd921a118f286e9f90f560777fa693b
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98820
This low severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.4 was published on 2026-08-10 via NVD.
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