CVE-2025-12084 Affecting python3.14 package, versions <3.14.2-1
Threat Intelligence
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- published5 Dec 2025
- disclosed3 Dec 2025
Introduced: 3 Dec 2025
NewCVE-2025-12084 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable python3.14 to version 3.14.2-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python3.14 package and not the python3.14 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable 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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-12084
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/08d8e18ad81cd45bc4a27d6da478b51ea49486e4
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/142145
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/142146
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/027f21e417b26eed4505ac2db101a4352b7c51a0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/ddcd2acd85d891a53e281c773b3093f9db953964