Quadratic complexity in os.path.expandvars() with user-controlled template
If the value passed to os.path.expandvars() is user-controlled a performance degradation is possible when expanding environment variables.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
234 explicit affected versions
392 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
If the value passed to os.path.expandvars() is user-controlled a performance degradation is possible when expanding environment variables.
If the value passed to os.path.expandvars() is user-controlled a performance degradation is possible when expanding environment variables.
If the value passed to os.path.expandvars() is user-controlled a performance degradation is possible when expanding environment variables.
If the value passed to os.path.expandvars() is user-controlled a performance degradation is possible when expanding environment variables.
If the value passed to os.path.expandvars() is user-controlled a performance degradation is possible when expanding environment variables.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/6xxx/CVE-2025-6075.json
- https://github.com/python/cpython
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/2e6150adccaaf5bd95d4c19dfd04a36e0b325d8c
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/5dceb93486176e6b4a6d9754491005113eb23427
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/631ba3407e3348ccd56ce5160c4fb2c5dc5f4d84
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/892747b4cf0f95ba8beb51c0d0658bfaa381ebca
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/9ab89c026aa9611c4b0b67c288b8303a480fe742
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c8a5f3435c342964e0a432cc9fb448b7dbecd1ba
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f029e8db626ddc6e3a3beea4eff511a71aaceb5c
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/136065
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/IUP5QJ6D4KK6ULHOMPC7DPNKRYQTQNLA/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-6075