---
id: CVE-2024-25885
aliases:
  - GHSA-jj5c-hhrg-vv5h
  - PYSEC-2026-2056
title: xhtml2pdf Denial of Service via crafted string
summary: xhtml2pdf Denial of Service via crafted string
severity: medium
cvss: 5.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'
vendor: xhtml2pdf
product: xhtml2pdf
ecosystem: pip
affected:
  - xhtml2pdf <= 0.2.16
published: '2024-10-08'
updated: '2026-07-07'
source: OSV
sourceUrl: 'https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jj5c-hhrg-vv5h'
references:
  - url: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-25885'
  - url: 'https://gist.github.com/salvatore-abello/c88dd0027496774023ef36c7b576d206'
  - url: 'https://github.com/xhtml2pdf/xhtml2pdf'
tags:
  - osv
  - pip
epss: 0.00642
epssPercentile: 0.4857
ingestedAt: '2026-07-08T18:25:50.818Z'
---

## Overview

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

- `xhtml2pdf <= 0.2.16`

## Remediation

Refer to the advisory for the patched release.