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CVE-2018-1061
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2018-06-19T12:29:00.220 · Last modified 2026-06-17T01:50:23.597

Summary

python before versions 2.7.15, 3.4.9, 3.5.6rc1, 3.6.5rc1 and 3.7.0 is vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking in the difflib.IS_LINE_JUNK method. An attacker could use this flaw to cause denial of service.

Affected products

python — python

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