black@22.12.0 vulnerabilities

The uncompromising code formatter.

Direct Vulnerabilities

Known vulnerabilities in the black package. This does not include vulnerabilities belonging to this package’s dependencies.

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Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via the lines_with_leading_tabs_expanded function in the strings.py file. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by crafting a malicious input that causes a denial of service.

Exploiting this vulnerability is possible when running Black on untrusted input, or if you habitually put thousands of leading tab characters in your docstrings.

How to fix Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)?

Upgrade black to version 24.3.0 or higher.

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