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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-428g-f7cq-pgp5 Marshmallow has DoS in Schema.load(many)
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Tue, 23 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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threat_severity

Moderate


Mon, 22 Dec 2025 22:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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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.
Title Marshmallow has DoS in Schema.load(many)
Weaknesses CWE-405
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-22T21:35:02.469Z

Reserved: 2025-12-18T18:29:07.309Z

Link: CVE-2025-68480

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-12-22T21:34:55.509Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-22T22:16:09.457

Modified: 2025-12-23T14:51:52.650

Link: CVE-2025-68480

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-22T21:20:15Z

Links: CVE-2025-68480 - Bugzilla

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