CVE-2026-126193

MEDIUMCVSS 5.3/10

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CVE-2026-126193 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.3/10 on the CVSS scale. Soup Sieve is a CSS selector library for Beautiful Soup. From 0.4 until 3.0, deeply nested CSS pseudo-class selectors can cause recursive parsing to exceed Python’s recursion limit and raise  RecursionError .

Description

Soup Sieve is a CSS selector library for Beautiful Soup. From 0.4 until 3.0, deeply nested CSS pseudo-class selectors can cause recursive parsing to exceed Python’s recursion limit and raise  RecursionError . Applications accepting untrusted selectors may experience failure of the affected request or task if the exception is not handled. The demonstrated behavior is recoverable and does not establish an interpreter crash or persistent service-wide denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed in version 3.0.

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Affected Software

Source: CNA advisory (CVE.org). NVD analysis pending.

VendorProductVersions
facelessusersoupsieve>= 0.4, < 3.0

References

Timeline

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Status
Awaiting Analysis

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2026-126193?
Soup Sieve is a CSS selector library for Beautiful Soup. From 0.4 until 3.0, deeply nested CSS pseudo-class selectors can cause recursive parsing to exceed Python’s recursion limit and raise  RecursionError . Applications accepting untrusted selectors may experience failure of the affected request or task if the exception is not handled. The demonstrated behavior is recoverable and does not establish an interpreter crash or persistent service-wide denial of service. This vulnerability is fixed in version 3.0.
How severe is CVE-2026-126193?
CVE-2026-126193 has a CVSS score of 5.3/10 (MEDIUM severity).
How do I fix CVE-2026-126193?
Check the vendor references and advisories linked above for patched versions and mitigation guidance. You can also run a Strix scan to test if your systems are affected.

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Source: NVD / NIST