vulnerability

Red Hat: CVE-2025-6075: python: Quadratic complexity in os.path.expandvars() with user-controlled template (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Oct 31, 2025
Added
Dec 19, 2025
Modified
Dec 19, 2025

Description

A vulnerability in Python’s os.path.expandvars() function that can cause performance degradation. When processing specially crafted, user-controlled input with nested environment variable patterns, the function exhibits quadratic time complexity, potentially leading to excessive CPU usage and denial of service (DoS) conditions. No code execution or data exposure occurs, so the impact is limited to performance slowdown.

Solutions

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