CVE-2026-7210

MEDIUM
MEDIUM Priority: 0.04 BB Relevance: 73/100
Published: 2026-05-11 Modified: 2026-10-26 First seen: 2026-10-29 Status: active

Attack Surface

Network Low Complexity No Auth No Interaction

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV: Network
AC: High
PR: None
UI: None
S: X
AT: None
VC: None
VI: None
VA: Low

Description

`xml.parsers.expat` and `xml.etree.ElementTree` use insufficient entropy for Expat hash-flooding protection, which allows a crafted XML document to trigger hash flooding.\r\n\r\nFully mitigating this vulnerability requires both updating libexpat to 2.8.0 or later and applying this patch.

Weakness Classification (1)

Affected Software (10)

VendorProductVersion
python python < 3.13.14
python python 3.15.0
python python 3.15.0
python python 3.15.0
python python 3.15.0
python python 3.15.0
python python 3.15.0
python python 3.15.0
python python 3.15.0
python python 3.15.0

Bug Bounty Relevance

73 / 100
✓ Network accessible
✓ No authentication
✓ Low complexity
✓ No user interaction

CVSS Score

6.3 / 10.0 v4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/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

EPSS — Exploitation Probability

0.67%
Raw Score 0.006720
Percentile 52.0%
Date 2026-10-29

EPSS Trend

2026-10-29
0.00672
2026-10-28
0.00672

Intelligence Sources

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