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[3.13] gh-145986: Avoid unbound C recursion in conv_content_model in pyexpat.c (CVE 2026-4224) (GH-145987)#145996

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[3.13] gh-145986: Avoid unbound C recursion in conv_content_model in pyexpat.c (CVE 2026-4224) (GH-145987)#145996
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@miss-islington miss-islington commented Mar 15, 2026

Fix C stack overflow (CVE-2026-4224) when an Expat parser
with a registered ElementDeclHandler parses inline DTD
containing deeply nested content model.


(cherry picked from commit eb0e8be)

Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych [email protected]
Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran [email protected]

… `pyexpat.c` (CVE 2026-4224) (pythonGH-145987)

Fix C stack overflow (CVE-2026-4224) when an Expat parser
with a registered `ElementDeclHandler` parses inline DTD
containing deeply nested content model.

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(cherry picked from commit eb0e8be)

Co-authored-by: Stan Ulbrych <[email protected]>
Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <[email protected]>
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picnixz commented Mar 15, 2026

@StanFromIreland In 3.13, we don't have the skip_if_unlimited_stack_size decorator, could you remove it? TiA:

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picnixz commented Mar 15, 2026

Since we are removing the decorators I'm checking that the build bots are green. You can do the same for the other backports, TiA!

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