CVE-2026-18503

Summary

Attacker-controlled CSV samples can trigger super-linear regular-expression work during dialect sniffing and consume significant CPU when applications pass unbounded input to csv.Sniffer.sniff().

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
Python Software FoundationCPython0 < 3.13.15affected
Python Software FoundationCPython3.14.0 < 3.14.7affected
Python Software FoundationCPython3.15.0a1 < 3.15.0rc1affected

Weaknesses

  • CWE-1176: CWE-1176

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

  • SSVC:
  • Exploitation: none
    • Automatable: no
    • Technical Impact: partial

References