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CVE-2026-49476

Facelessuser Soup Sieve denial of service

7.5 HIGHPublic exploitEPSS 0.64%
  1. Published14 Jul 2026

Description

Soup Sieve is a CSS selector library designed to be used with Beautiful Soup 4. Prior to 2.8.4, the CSS selector parser in soupsieve allocates unbounded memory when compiling large comma-separated selector lists, allowing an attacker who can supply a crafted selector string to soupsieve.compile() or Beautiful Soup .select() / .select_one() to allocate hundreds of megabytes of heap memory from a relatively small input and cause denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 2.8.4.

CVSS 3.1 breakdown

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

Facelessuser Soup Sieve< 2.8.4

Frequently asked

Is CVE-2026-49476 being actively exploited?

CVE-2026-49476 is not in the CISA KEV catalog. A public exploit reference exists, so treat it as exploitable. Its EPSS exploit probability is 0.64%.

How severe is CVE-2026-49476?

CVE-2026-49476 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.5, rated high. EPSS estimates a 0.64% probability of exploitation.

Which products are affected by CVE-2026-49476?

Affected products include Facelessuser Soup Sieve.

How do I fix CVE-2026-49476?

Upgrade affected software to a fixed version, for example Facelessuser Soup Sieve 2.8.4 or later, then confirm no affected versions remain in your inventory.

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Data from the NVD, CISA KEV catalog and FIRST EPSS. CVSS 3.1 base score shown where available.