CVE-2025-12084
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network without logging in. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.9% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.3 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.9% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-407
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Python < 3.13.11
- Python < 3.14.2
- Python 3.15.0
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 6.3
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/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
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2025-12084.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2025-12084. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/027f21e417b26eed4505ac2db101a4352b7c51a0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/08d8e18ad81cd45bc4a27d6da478b51ea49486e4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/27648a1818749ef44c420afe6173af6868715437
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/41f468786762348960486c166833a218a0a436af
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/57937a8e5e293f0dcba5115f7b7a11b1e0c9a273
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8d2d7bb2e754f8649a68ce4116271a4932f76907
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9c9dda6625a2a90d2a06c657eee021d6be19842d
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a46c10ec9d4050ab67b8a932e0859a2ea60c3cb8
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a696ba8b4d42fd632afc9bc88ad830a2e4cceed8
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c97e87593063d84a2bd9fe7068b30eb44de23dc0
References
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/027f21e417b26eed4505ac2db101a4352b7c51a0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/08d8e18ad81cd45bc4a27d6da478b51ea49486e4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/27648a1818749ef44c420afe6173af6868715437
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/41f468786762348960486c166833a218a0a436af
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/57937a8e5e293f0dcba5115f7b7a11b1e0c9a273
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/8d2d7bb2e754f8649a68ce4116271a4932f76907
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9c9dda6625a2a90d2a06c657eee021d6be19842d
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a46c10ec9d4050ab67b8a932e0859a2ea60c3cb8
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/a696ba8b4d42fd632afc9bc88ad830a2e4cceed8
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c97e87593063d84a2bd9fe7068b30eb44de23dc0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ddcd2acd85d891a53e281c773b3093f9db953964
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e91c11449cad34bac3ea55ee09ca557691d92b53
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/142145
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/142146