CVE-2026-39376CWE-674

FastFeedParser has an infinite redirect loop DoS via meta-refresh chain

High · published April 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
41.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

FastFeedParser is a high performance RSS, Atom and RDF parser. Prior to 0.5.10, when parse() fetches a URL that returns an HTML page containing a <meta http-equiv="refresh"> tag, it recursively calls itself with the redirect URL — with no depth limit, no visited-URL deduplication, and no redirect count cap. An attacker-controlled server that returns an infinite chain of HTML meta-refresh responses causes unbounded recursion, exhausting the Python call stack and crashing the process. This vulnerability can also be chained with the companion SSRF issue to reach internal network targets after bypassing the initial URL check. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.5.10.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00498 · 41.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-674 · Uncontrolled Recursion
Published
2026-04-07T19:46Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 07 APR 19:46Z
    FastFeedParser has an infinite redirect loop DoS via meta-refresh chain
    cvelistv5