High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 8, 2024· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2024-25885

Description

An issue in the getcolor function in utils.py of xhtml2pdf v0.2.13 allows attackers to cause a Regular expression Denial of Service (ReDOS) via supplying a crafted string.

Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xhtml2pdfPyPI	<= 0.2.16	—

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-jj5c-hhrg-vv5hghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25885ghsaADVISORY
gist.github.com/salvatore-abello/c88dd0027496774023ef36c7b576d206nvdWEB
dirk.comnvd
xhtml2pdf.comnvd

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