Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting platform-python package, versions <0:3.6.8-72.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS8-PLATFORMPYTHON-14421608
  • published16 Dec 2025
  • disclosed3 Dec 2025

Introduced: 3 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-12084  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:8 platform-python to version 0:3.6.8-72.el8_10 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream platform-python package and not the platform-python package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1