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Vulnerability details: VCID-6jpc-dsrp-6qdg
Vulnerability ID VCID-6jpc-dsrp-6qdg
Aliases CVE-2024-4340
GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
Summary sqlparse parsing heavily nested list leads to Denial of Service Passing a heavily nested list to sqlparse.parse() leads to a Denial of Service due to RecursionError.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-4340.json
epss 0.10881 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-4340
epss 0.10881 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-4340
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
ssvc Track https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/b4a39d9850969b4e1d6940d32094ee0b42a2cf03
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/b4a39d9850969b4e1d6940d32094ee0b42a2cf03
ssvc Track https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/b4a39d9850969b4e1d6940d32094ee0b42a2cf03
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
cvssv3.1_qr HIGH https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4340
generic_textual HIGH https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4340
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292
generic_textual HIGH https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292
cvssv3.1 7.5 https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292/
ssvc Track https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292/
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-4340.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2024-4340
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2024-4340
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse
https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/b4a39d9850969b4e1d6940d32094ee0b42a2cf03
https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292
1070148 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1070148
2278038 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2278038
CVE-2024-4340 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4340
GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
RHSA-2024:3781 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:3781
RHSA-2024:9984 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9984
RHSA-2024:9986 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:9986
RHSA-2025:1335 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:1335
RHSA-2025:9838 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:9838
sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292 https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292/
USN-6771-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/6771-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2024-4340.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-04-30T16:07:16Z/ Found at https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/b4a39d9850969b4e1d6940d32094ee0b42a2cf03
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-04-30T16:07:16Z/ Found at https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/commit/b4a39d9850969b4e1d6940d32094ee0b42a2cf03
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://github.com/andialbrecht/sqlparse/security/advisories/GHSA-2m57-hf25-phgg
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4340
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292/
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Vector: SSVCv2/E:P/A:Y/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-04-30T16:07:16Z/ Found at https://research.jfrog.com/vulnerabilities/sqlparse-stack-exhaustion-dos-jfsa-2024-001031292/
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.93531
EPSS Score 0.10881
Published At June 5, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-06-02T04:47:36.232443+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/pypi/sqlparse/CVE-2024-4340.yml 38.6.0