CVE-2020-6817 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2020-6817

bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular...

Vulnerability Description

bleach.clean behavior parsing style attributes could result in a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Calls to bleach.clean with an allowed tag with an allowed style attribute are vulnerable to ReDoS. For example, bleach.clean(..., attributes={'a': ['style']}).

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Mozilla Bleach
Vulnerable Versions:
unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: February 16th, 2023
Last Modified: March 19th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.