geopy: Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in geopy.Point — GHSA-MHVH-FQ92-PFMR

Summary

### Impact `geopy.Point` and `Point.from_string()` may take excessive CPU time when parsing long, malformed coordinate strings due to inefficient regular-expression behavior. The numeric Point constructor is not affected. Geocoders' `reverse` methods called with string inputs exercise the vulnerable path. Applications are affected when they pass attacker-controlled strings to these APIs without an appropriate…

Timeline

Published by source

2026-10-02

Risk context

• Reported severity or threat level: medium.
• Reported CVSS score: 4 out of 10.
• Reported EPSS value: 0.00201.
• Review exposure for the affected product or family: pip: geopy.

Product

pip: geopy

What to do

General, cautious steps (verify details in the official source):

• Review exposure and plan remediation based on risk and environment.
• Identify affected product versions in your inventory and verify whether you are impacted.
• Apply vendor patches/updates or recommended mitigations as soon as available.
• Read the official advisory for exact affected versions and remediation steps.

Official advisory

• Read the official source
• CVE Record
• NVD

Evidence and provenance

Canonical advisory ID

GHSA-MHVH-FQ92-PFMR

Source

GitHub

Vendor

GitHub

Published by source

2026-10-02

Last source activity

2026-10-02

Additional identifiers

CVE-2026-77387

Curated by

hlukh.ch

Related advisories and connections

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