ETK-2026-2664Zero's internal tracking ID, independent of the CVE number.
validatedZero produced an exploit or a check.description
lxml_html_clean through version 0.4.5 can use disproportionate CPU while Cleaner.clean_html() processes crafted HTML and CSS. An attacker who can supply content for cleaning may cause request slowdown or denial of service; the conditional-comment path additionally requires a Cleaner configuration with comments=False.
mitigation
Upgrade lxml_html_clean to version 0.4.6 or later. Until upgraded, restrict untrusted HTML input sizes and apply processing time or resource limits around cleaning.
fixed in 0.4.6
outcome
Contextual check: a technique exists and was validated, but no deterministic check could cover this one.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-10-26 11:15Zghsa: trigger signal, started the run
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published 2026-10-26 16:50Z
last change 2026-10-26 21:18Z
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