CVE-2026-55865
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
Python Liquid is a Python engine for the Liquid template language. Prior to 2.2.1, given a malformed {% case %} tag without an associated {% when %} or {% else %} block and no terminating {% endcase %} tag, Python Liquid hangs in an infinite loop at parse time because liquid.TokenStream.eof did not give the EOF token matching kind and value fields, allowing malicious template authors to craft templates for a denial of service attack. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.1.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-09 21:16:56.277000
Last modified
2026-10-25 17:10:00.197000
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"sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
"published": "2026-07-09T21:16:56.277",
"lastModified": "2026-10-25T17:10:00.197",
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"value": "Python Liquid is a Python engine for the Liquid template language. Prior to 2.2.1, given a malformed {% case %} tag without an associated {% when %} or {% else %} block and no terminating {% endcase %} tag, Python Liquid hangs in an infinite loop at parse time because liquid.TokenStream.eof did not give the EOF token matching kind and value fields, allowing malicious template authors to craft templates for a denial of service attack. This issue is fixed in version 2.2.1."
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"value": "Python Liquid es un motor Python para el lenguaje de plantillas Liquid. Anteriormente a la 2.2.1, dada una etiqueta {% case %} malformada sin un bloque {% when %} o {% else %} asociado y sin una etiqueta de cierre {% endcase %}, Python Liquid se bloqueaba en un bucle infinito en tiempo de análisis porque liquid.TokenStream.eof no proporcionaba el token EOF que coincidiera con los campos kind y value, lo que permitía a autores de plantillas maliciosos crear plantillas para un ataque de denegación de servicio. Este problema se ha corregido en la versión 2.2.1."
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"source": "[email protected]",
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"url": "https://github.com/jg-rp/liquid/commit/26db8931cf35e8433c1ca506fc32c3bb62f743d4",
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"url": "https://github.com/jg-rp/liquid/releases/tag/v2.2.1",
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"url": "https://github.com/jg-rp/liquid/security/advisories/GHSA-vq2f-vcc9-j8mv",
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