Description
sqlparse is a non-validating SQL parser module for Python. In sqlparse versions 0.4.0 and 0.4.1 there is a regular Expression Denial of Service in sqlparse vulnerability. The regular expression may cause exponential backtracking on strings containing many repetitions of '\r\n' in SQL comments. Only the formatting feature that removes comments from SQL statements is affected by this regular expression. As a workaround don't use the sqlformat.format function with keyword strip_comments=True or the --strip-comments command line flag when using the sqlformat command line tool. The issues has been fixed in sqlparse 0.4.2.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-p5w8-wqhj-9hhf
Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/8238a9e450ed1524e40cb3a8b0b3c00606903aeb
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.3%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-400
Status
published
Products (2)
pypi/sqlparse
0.4.0 - 0.4.2PyPI
sqlparse_project/sqlparse
0.4.0 - 0.4.2
Published
Sep 20, 2021
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026