CVE-2026-6879EPSS p28.5%

CVE-2026-6879CVE-2026-6879

Description

`Element.findall()` and fully-consumed `Element.iterfind()` exhibit `O(n^2)` time complexity when using XPath index predicates (e.g. `[1]`, `[last()]`, `[last()-N]`) on XML documents with many same-tag siblings. `Element.find()` is only affected when the first match is near the end  of the sibling list, such as with `[last()]` or `[last()-N]`;  `.//item[1]` short-circuits after the first match.

Scoring

EPSS0.37% probability of exploitation · percentile 28.5% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z
Last modified2026-08-13
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