CVE-2025-12084

Public on 2025-12-03
Modified on 2025-12-04
Description
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.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2 - Core python3 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.11 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.12 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.13 Pending Fix
Amazon Linux 2023 python3.9 Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 4.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2025-12084 Mitre: CVE-2025-12084