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.
References
| Link | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/commit/28108ab805818c832d9568142a99844fd95a0d39 | Patch |
| https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/releases/tag/2.8.4 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/security/advisories/GHSA-2wc2-fm75-p42x | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/security/advisories/GHSA-2wc2-fm75-p42x | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
28 Jul 2026, 15:48
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
|---|---|---|
| References | () https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/commit/28108ab805818c832d9568142a99844fd95a0d39 - Patch | |
| References | () https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/releases/tag/2.8.4 - Release Notes | |
| References | () https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/security/advisories/GHSA-2wc2-fm75-p42x - Exploit, Vendor Advisory | |
| First Time |
Facelessuser soup Sieve
Facelessuser |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:a:facelessuser:soup_sieve:*:*:*:*:*:beautiful_soup:*:* |
15 Jul 2026, 15:16
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| References | () https://github.com/facelessuser/soupsieve/security/advisories/GHSA-2wc2-fm75-p42x - |
14 Jul 2026, 21:17
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2026-07-14 21:17
Updated : 2026-07-28 15:48
NVD link : CVE-2026-49476
Mitre link : CVE-2026-49476
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-49476
JSON object : View
Products Affected
facelessuser
- soup_sieve
