CVE-2020-6817

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to bleach.clean with an allowed tag with an allowed style attribute are vulnerable to ReDoS. For example, bleach.clean(..., attributes={'a': ['style']}).

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Feb 16, 2023
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2020-6817: High severity, CVSS 7.5 | Vulnix