CVE-2024-4340

highpriority · track · 1EPSS 0.032 · 88 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
3.24% (88th) EPSS
CVSS 7.5 · high
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cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · osv

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Passing a heavily nested list to sqlparse.parse() leads to a Denial of Service due to RecursionError.

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7.5
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.9–7.5

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · reefs@jfrog.comexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:Hsecondary · OSV
v3.16.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical Impact: partialcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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affected products (57)

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advisories (3)

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  • WID-SEC-W-2024-1328Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2024-06-10csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform ausnutzen, um beliebigen Programmcode auszuführen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand erzeugen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, Sicherheitsmaßnahmen zu umgehen, Dateien zu manipulieren oder Cross-Site-Scripting (XSS)-Angriffe durchzuführen.

  • GHSA-2m57-hf25-phggsqlparse parsing heavily nested list leads to Denial of Service2024-04-15ghsa · osvUS

    ### Summary Passing a heavily nested list to sqlparse.parse() leads to a Denial of Service due to RecursionError. ### Details + PoC Running the following code will raise Maximum recursion limit exceeded exception: ```py import sqlparse sqlparse.parse('[' * 10000 + ']' * 10000) ``` We expect a traceback of RecursionError: ```py Traceback (most recent call last): File "trigger_sqlparse_nested_list.py", line 3, in <module> sqlparse.parse('[' * 10000 + ']' * 10000) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/__init__.py", line 30, in parse return tuple(parsestream(sql, encoding)) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/engine/filter_stack.py", line 36, in run stmt = grouping.group(stmt) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/engine/grouping.py", line 428, in group func(stmt) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/engine/grouping.py", line 53, in group_brackets _group_matching(tlist, sql.SquareBrackets) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/engine/grouping.py", line 48, in _group_matching tlist.group_tokens(cls, open_idx, close_idx) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 328, in group_tokens grp = grp_cls(subtokens) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 161, in __init__ super().__init__(None, str(self)) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 165, in __str__ return ''.join(token.value for token in self.flatten()) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 165, in <genexpr> return ''.join(token.value for token in self.flatten()) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 214, in flatten yield from token.flatten() File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 214, in flatten yield from token.flatten() File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 214, in flatten yield from token.flatten() [Previous line repeated 983 more times] RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded ``` ### Fix suggestion The [flatten()](https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/blob/master/sqlparse/sql.py#L207) function of TokenList class should limit the recursion to a maximal depth: ```py from sqlparse.exceptions import SQLParseError MAX_DEPTH = 100 def flatten(self, depth=1): """Generator yielding ungrouped tokens. This method is recursively called for all child tokens. """ if depth >= MAX_DEPTH: raise SQLParseError('Maximal depth reached') for token in self.tokens: if token.is_group: yield from token.flatten(depth + 1) else: yield token ``` ### Impact Denial of Service (the impact depends on the use). Anyone parsing a user input with sqlparse.parse() is affected.

  • PYSEC-2026-1940sqlparse parsing heavily nested list leads to Denial of Service2026-07-07vendor · osvUS

    ### Summary Passing a heavily nested list to sqlparse.parse() leads to a Denial of Service due to RecursionError. ### Details + PoC Running the following code will raise Maximum recursion limit exceeded exception: ```py import sqlparse sqlparse.parse('[' * 10000 + ']' * 10000) ``` We expect a traceback of RecursionError: ```py Traceback (most recent call last): File "trigger_sqlparse_nested_list.py", line 3, in <module> sqlparse.parse('[' * 10000 + ']' * 10000) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/__init__.py", line 30, in parse return tuple(parsestream(sql, encoding)) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/engine/filter_stack.py", line 36, in run stmt = grouping.group(stmt) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/engine/grouping.py", line 428, in group func(stmt) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/engine/grouping.py", line 53, in group_brackets _group_matching(tlist, sql.SquareBrackets) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/engine/grouping.py", line 48, in _group_matching tlist.group_tokens(cls, open_idx, close_idx) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 328, in group_tokens grp = grp_cls(subtokens) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 161, in __init__ super().__init__(None, str(self)) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 165, in __str__ return ''.join(token.value for token in self.flatten()) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 165, in <genexpr> return ''.join(token.value for token in self.flatten()) File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 214, in flatten yield from token.flatten() File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 214, in flatten yield from token.flatten() File "/home/uriya/.local/lib/python3.10/site-packages/sqlparse/sql.py", line 214, in flatten yield from token.flatten() [Previous line repeated 983 more times] RecursionError: maximum recursion depth exceeded ``` ### Fix suggestion The [flatten()](https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/blob/master/sqlparse/sql.py#L207) function of TokenList class should limit the recursion to a maximal depth: ```py from sqlparse.exceptions import SQLParseError MAX_DEPTH = 100 def flatten(self, depth=1): """Generator yielding ungrouped tokens. This method is recursively called for all child tokens. """ if depth >= MAX_DEPTH: raise SQLParseError('Maximal depth reached') for token in self.tokens: if token.is_group: yield from token.flatten(depth + 1) else: yield token ``` ### Impact Denial of Service (the impact depends on the use). Anyone parsing a user input with sqlparse.parse() is affected.

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