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CVE-2025-68480

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS v3
NVD

Description

Marshmallow is a lightweight library for converting complex objects to and from simple Python datatypes. In versions from 3.0.0rc1 to before 3.26.2 and from 4.0.0 to before 4.1.2, Schema.load(data, many=True) is vulnerable to denial of service attacks. A moderately sized request can consume a disproportionate amount of CPU time. This issue has been patched in version 3.26.2 and 4.1.2.

How to fix

Remediation Available
python-marshmallowDebian
Fixed in:3.26.2-0+deb13u1CVE-2025-68480
Fixed in:3.26.2-0.1CVE-2025-68480
python-marshmallowUbuntu
Fixed in:3.0.0b3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.13.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.20.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
python3-marshmallowUbuntu
Fixed in:3.0.0b3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.13.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.20.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
python3-marshmallow-docUbuntu
Fixed in:3.0.0b3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.13.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1
Fixed in:3.20.1-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-8225-1

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityLow

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.25%probability of exploitation in 30 days
17thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.

References

Other references2

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