Overview
What is CVE-2026-18503?
Attacker-controlled CSV samples can trigger super-linear regular-expression work during dialect sniffing and consume significant CPU when applications pass unbounded input to csv.Sniffer.sniff().
Vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2026-18503 and is rated Low severity with a CVSS score of 2.4. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
Attacker-controlled CSV samples can trigger super-linear regular-expression work during dialect sniffing and consume significant CPU when applications pass unbounded input to csv.Sniffer.sniff().