Use of "infinity" as an input to datetime and date fields causes infinite loop in pydantic
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-835.
Summary
Pydantic is a data validation and settings management using Python type hinting. In affected versions passing either `'infinity'`, `'inf'` or `float('inf')` (or their negatives) to `datetime` or `date` fields causes validation to run forever with 100% CPU usage (on one CPU). Pydantic has been patched with fixes available in the following versions: v1.8.2, v1.7.4, v1.6.2. All these versions are available on pypi(https://pypi.org/project/pydantic/#history), and will be available on conda-forge(https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/pydantic) soon. See the changelog(https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/) for details. If you absolutely can't upgrade, you can work around this risk using a validator(https://pydantic-docs.helpmanual.io/usage/validators/) to catch these values. This is not an ideal solution (in particular you'll need a slightly different function for datetimes), instead of a hack like this you should upgrade pydantic. If you are not using v1.8.x, v1.7.x or v1.6.x and are unable to upgrade to a fixed version of pydantic, please create an issue at https://github.com/samuelcolvin/pydantic/issues requesting a back-port, and we will endeavour to release a patch for earlier versions of pydantic.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| samuelcolvin | pydantic | 1.8.0 to before 1.8.2; 1.7.0 to before 1.7.4; before 1.6.2 | 1.8.2, 1.7.4, 1.6.2 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | pydantic (PyPI) | before 1.6.2 | 1.6.2 | Patch available | GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh |
| — | pydantic (PyPI) | 1.8 to before 1.8.2 | 1.8.2 | Patch available | GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh |
| — | pydantic (PyPI) | 1.7 to before 1.7.4 | 1.7.4 | Patch available | GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh |
- pydantic Vendorsamuelcolvin Affected 1.8.0 to before 1.8.2; 1.7.0 to before 1.7.4; before 1.6.2 Fixed in 1.8.2, 1.7.4, 1.6.2 Patch available CNA
- pydantic (PyPI) Vendor— Affected before 1.6.2 Fixed in 1.6.2 Patch available GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh
- pydantic (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 1.8 to before 1.8.2 Fixed in 1.8.2 Patch available GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh
- pydantic (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 1.7 to before 1.7.4 Fixed in 1.7.4 Patch available GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:pydantic:pydantic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.6.2; 1.7 to before 1.7.4; 1.8 to before 1.8.2 | Vulnerable | pydantic |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 33 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 34 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
- cpe:2.3:a:pydantic:pydantic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.6.2; 1.7 to before 1.7.4; 1.8 to before 1.8.2 Vulnerable ·pydantic
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 33 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 34 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pydantic (samuelcolvin) Fixed in 1.8.2, 1.7.4, 1.6.2
- Fix · GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh pydantic (PyPI) Fixed in 1.6.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh pydantic (PyPI) Fixed in 1.8.2 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh pydantic (PyPI) Fixed in 1.7.4 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-29510
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh
References
Patch 2
Advisory 4
Other 8
- https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/commit/1c24f1d74ba95ea985b50bdc001ce96c813229aa
- https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/commit/80e0dd3f752bef145dce12f160d262bb40ec8d47
- https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic/commit/bdde15b7b947c94ca00fd6eb92da8db390a13520
- https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pydantic/PYSEC-2021-47.yaml
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/S2HT266L6Q7H6ICP7DFGXOGBJHNNKMKB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UEFWM7DYKD2ZHE7R5YT5EQWJPV4ZKYRB
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UMKAJX4O6IGBBCE32CO2G7PZQCCQSBLV
Sources
- CVE-2021-29510 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-29510 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5jqp-qgf6-3pvh · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2021-29510 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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