CVE-2026-3276
mediumpriority · track · 0EPSS 0.005 · 41 %ileDEEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-21
unicodedata.normalize() can take excessive CPU time when processing specially crafted Unicode input containing long runs of combining characters with alternating Canonical Combining Class values. This affects all normalization forms.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 1.7–6.3
ssvc
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weaknesses
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affected products (28)
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advisories (5)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2026-1971CPython: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2026-06-16csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in CPython ausnutzen, um Dateien zu manipulieren und um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand auszulösen
- BIT-libpython-2026-3276Potential DoS via quadratic complexity in unicodedata.normalize()2026-06-05vendor · osvUS
unicodedata.normalize() can take excessive CPU time when processing specially crafted Unicode input containing long runs of combining characters with alternating Canonical Combining Class values. This affects all normalization forms.
- BIT-python-2026-3276Potential DoS via quadratic complexity in unicodedata.normalize()2026-06-05vendor · osvUS
unicodedata.normalize() can take excessive CPU time when processing specially crafted Unicode input containing long runs of combining characters with alternating Canonical Combining Class values. This affects all normalization forms.
- BIT-python-min-2026-3276Potential DoS via quadratic complexity in unicodedata.normalize()2026-06-05vendor · osvUS
unicodedata.normalize() can take excessive CPU time when processing specially crafted Unicode input containing long runs of combining characters with alternating Canonical Combining Class values. This affects all normalization forms.
- PSF-2026-252026-06-03vendor · osvUS
unicodedata.normalize() can take excessive CPU time when processing specially crafted Unicode input containing long runs of combining characters with alternating Canonical Combining Class values. This affects all normalization forms.
also known as (7)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
- CNNVD-202606-690cnnvd
- EUVD-2026-34103enisa_euvd
- GHSA-jg6j-874m-wgjjenisa_euvd
- BIT-libpython-2026-3276osv
- BIT-python-2026-3276osv
- BIT-python-min-2026-3276osv
- PSF-2026-25osv
sources
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references (28)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/15cnnvd
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/149079cnnvd
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/149080cnnvd
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/PP5HB4K7727OBBM76KA2ILID76K3OZGZ/cnnvd
- https://www.python.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6b505d1f41f8f3ea0fe5a4786d3a8fff1875cfc0enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/90748760d38ca3ac5fc6788a69becab905c95598enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/991224b1e8311c85f198f6dd8208bf8cff7fc26fenisa_euvd
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