CVE-2025-12084

Summary

When building nested elements using xml.dom.minidom methods such as appendChild() that have a dependency on _clear_id_cache() the algorithm is quadratic. Availability can be impacted when building excessively nested documents.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Python Software FoundationCPython0 < 3.10.20affected
Python Software FoundationCPython3.11.0 < 3.11.15affected
Python Software FoundationCPython3.12.0 < 3.12.13affected
Python Software FoundationCPython3.13.0 < 3.13.11affected
Python Software FoundationCPython3.14.0 < 3.14.2affected
Python Software FoundationCPython3.15.0a1 < 3.15.0a3affected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: yes
    • Technical Impact: partial

References