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[3.12] gh-146333: Fix quadratic regex backtracking in configparser option parsing (GH-146399) (GH-148559) - #154081

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[3.12] gh-146333: Fix quadratic regex backtracking in configparser option parsing (GH-146399) (GH-148559)#154081
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Use negative lookahead in option regex to prevent backtracking, and to avoid changing logic outside the regexes (since people could use the regex directly).

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Use negative lookahead in option regex to prevent backtracking, and to avoid changing logic outside the regexes (since people could use the regex directly).
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Co-authored-by: Joshua Swanson <22283299+joshuaswanson@users.noreply.github.com>
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Thanks @encukou for the PR, and @Yhg1s for merging it 🌮🎉.. I'm working now to backport this PR to: 3.10, 3.11.
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GH-155160 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.11 branch.

@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot removed the needs backport to 3.11 only security fixes label Aug 4, 2026
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GH-155161 is a backport of this pull request to the 3.10 branch.

@bedevere-app bedevere-app Bot removed the needs backport to 3.10 only security fixes label Aug 4, 2026
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