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[3.12] gh-90949: add Expat API to prevent XML deadly allocations (CVE-2025-59375) (GH-139234) (#139527)
* [3.12] gh-90949: add Expat API to prevent XML deadly allocations (CVE-2025-59375) (GH-139234)

Expose the XML Expat 2.7.2 mitigation APIs to disallow use of
disproportional amounts of dynamic memory from within an Expat
parser (see CVE-2025-59375 for instance).

The exposed APIs are available on Expat parsers, that is,
parsers created by `xml.parsers.expat.ParserCreate()`, as:

- `parser.SetAllocTrackerActivationThreshold(threshold)`, and
- `parser.SetAllocTrackerMaximumAmplification(max_factor)`.

(cherry picked from commit f04bea44c37793561d753dd4ca6e7cd658137553)
(cherry picked from commit 68a1778b7721f3fb853cd3aa674f7039c2a4df36)
Co-authored-by: Bénédikt Tran <10796600+picnixz@users.noreply.github.com>
2025-12-17 15:58:59 +01:00
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2025-10-09 13:46:51 +02:00

The Python C API
================

The C API is divided into these sections:

1. ``Include/``: Limited API
2. ``Include/cpython/``: CPython implementation details
3. ``Include/cpython/``, names with the ``PyUnstable_`` prefix: API that can
   change between minor releases
4. ``Include/internal/``, and any name with ``_`` prefix: The internal API

Information on changing the C API is available `in the developer guide`_

.. _in the developer guide: https://devguide.python.org/c-api/