CVE-2026-18503
Super-linear CPU usage for unbounded input to csv.Sniffer.sniff()
02 Description
Super-linear CPU usage for unbounded input to csv.Sniffer.sniff()
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.11% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 1.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.4 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/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 analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-23.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-08-10 13:45Z2 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-14 00:34Z15 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-31
- Assigning CNA
- PSF
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 2.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1176Inefficient CPU ComputationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- b867cbb863c2912a249fb9d2b02e3c62d2493e662bcbfa85485896906db604ff
05 Affected products
06 References
- mail.python.orghttps://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/KQ7NBMCPAZJHRROQXJQE4GMXGLD5KHBS/
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/pull/153694
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/issues/98820
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/063d4555c94ef412c731527dbf30193327f2ee82
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/476fb09cdb0d73e645849d98c610e7e5697ce7c9
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/89f29c760c02774b099ddd6863268eb13fa3946a
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b30c7fa9edd921a118f286e9f90f560777fa693b
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b09a67a20c464f8288c9f9a6b9c7082a74560024
- github.comhttps://github.com/python/cpython/commit/fd78b565d7c326f96ae903ab945b47f35d829cf4
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- pypy3 No fix yet
- python3.11 Fixed in 3.11.2-6+deb12u9
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- pypy3 No fix yet
- python3.13 No fix yet
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- pypy3 Fixed in 8.0.1+dfsg-1
- python3.13 Fixed in 3.13.15-1
- python3.14 Fixed in 3.14.7-1
- python3.15 Fixed in 3.15.0~rc1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- python3.10 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- python3.12 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
- python3.14 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 26.10
- python3.14 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.4 No fix yet
- python3.5 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.5 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.6 No fix yet
- python3.7 No fix yet
- python3.8 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.8 No fix yet
- python3.9 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 22.04 LTS
- python2.7 No fix yet
- python3.11 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.