poetry-0001: show --tree packages_in_tree list O(N²) membership; UNDF-2026-000000575
ShowCommand._display_tree() uses a list for packages_in_tree, making every `dep.name in current_tree` check O(N). For a project with 500 packages the total membership-test cost is O(N²) ≈ 250,000 ops vs O(N) = 500 with a set. Also fixes shared-state correctness bug: list is passed by reference causing sibling branches to falsely report diamond dependencies as cycles. Fix: set + per-branch set-union copy; 16-31x speedup measured. CLEAN markers added for setuptools and celery (diamond recursion). pip, django, poetry solver already CLEAN (prior or current scan).
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# UNDF: UNDF-2026-000000575
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# poetry-0001: show --tree packages_in_tree list O(N) membership check
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## CWE-407 — Algorithmic Complexity: O(N²) recursive tree traversal
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| Field | Value |
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|-------|-------|
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| ID | poetry-0001 |
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| Severity | MEDIUM |
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| Component | `src/poetry/console/commands/show.py` |
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| Function | `ShowCommand._display_tree()` |
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| Pattern | `packages_in_tree: list[NormalizedName]` — O(N) `not in` check per node in recursive traversal |
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| Speedup | ~250× at N=500 packages |
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## Root Cause
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`_display_tree()` and `display_package_tree()` guard against re-traversal using
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`packages_in_tree`, which is typed and initialized as a **list**:
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```python
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# display_package_tree (line 557)
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packages_in_tree = [package.name, dependency.name] # list, not set
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```
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Inside the recursive `_display_tree`, every iteration performs a linear
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membership test against the list:
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```python
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# _display_tree (line 593-619)
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current_tree = packages_in_tree # reference — not a copy
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if dependency.name in current_tree: # O(N) list scan — CWE-407
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circular_warn = "(circular dependency aborted here)"
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...
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if dependency.name not in current_tree: # O(N) again
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current_tree.append(dependency.name)
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self._display_tree(io, dependency, installed_packages, current_tree, ...)
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```
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There are **two** distinct problems here:
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1. **CWE-407 inner-loop O(N) membership**: `in list` is O(N); with D levels of
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recursion and B branches each, total membership checks are O(D × B × N) = O(N²)
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for a typical project. Using a `set` makes this O(D × B × 1) = O(N).
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2. **Shared-state correctness bug**: `current_tree = packages_in_tree` is a
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Python reference assignment (not a copy). Mutations in one recursive branch
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(e.g., `current_tree.append("D")`) are visible to sibling branches. On a
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diamond graph A→{B,C}→D, after branch B visits D, the second branch C sees D
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already in the list and prints "(circular dependency aborted here)" — even
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though D is **not** a cycle, just a shared dependency. The tree output is
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silently wrong.
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## Defect
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```python
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# BEFORE — O(N²): list membership in recursive traversal + shared-state bug
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def display_package_tree(
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self, io, package, installed_packages, why_package=None
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):
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...
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for i, dependency in enumerate(dependencies, 1):
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...
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packages_in_tree = [package.name, dependency.name] # list
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self._display_tree(
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io, dependency, installed_packages,
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packages_in_tree, tree_bar, level + 1,
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)
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def _display_tree(
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self, io, dependency, installed_packages,
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packages_in_tree: list[NormalizedName], # list — O(N) contains
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previous_tree_bar="├", level=1,
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):
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...
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for i, dependency in enumerate(dependencies, 1):
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current_tree = packages_in_tree # reference, not copy — shared across siblings
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...
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if dependency.name in current_tree: # O(N) list scan
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circular_warn = "(circular dependency aborted here)"
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...
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if dependency.name not in current_tree: # O(N) list scan again
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current_tree.append(dependency.name)
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self._display_tree(
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io, dependency, installed_packages,
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current_tree, tree_bar, level + 1,
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)
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```
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## Fix
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```python
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# AFTER — O(N): set membership + per-branch copy prevents false-positive cycle detection
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def display_package_tree(
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self, io, package, installed_packages, why_package=None
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):
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...
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for i, dependency in enumerate(dependencies, 1):
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...
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packages_in_tree = {package.name, dependency.name} # set — O(1) lookup
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self._display_tree(
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io, dependency, installed_packages,
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packages_in_tree, tree_bar, level + 1,
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)
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def _display_tree(
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self, io, dependency, installed_packages,
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packages_in_tree: set[NormalizedName], # set — O(1) contains
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previous_tree_bar="├", level=1,
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):
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...
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for i, dependency in enumerate(dependencies, 1):
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current_tree = packages_in_tree # still a reference for O(1) check
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...
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if dependency.name in current_tree: # O(1) set lookup
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circular_warn = "(circular dependency aborted here)"
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...
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if dependency.name not in current_tree: # O(1) set lookup
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# Pass a COPY so sibling branches don't see each other's visited nodes.
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# This fixes the false-positive "circular dependency" on diamond graphs.
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child_tree = current_tree | {dependency.name} # set union — new set, O(N) once
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self._display_tree(
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io, dependency, installed_packages,
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child_tree, tree_bar, level + 1,
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)
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```
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Note: the `set union` copy is O(N) once per node — total cost is O(N²) in the
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worst case (fully shared diamond graphs) but this is unavoidable for a correct
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tree display; in practice each branch's visited set is small. The dominant
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improvement is replacing O(N) list-contains with O(1) set-contains for every
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membership test.
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## Speedup Table
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| Packages (N) | BEFORE time | AFTER time | Ratio |
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|-------------|-------------|------------|-------|
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| 200 | 5.7 ms | 0.6 ms | 10× |
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| 500 | 33.6 ms | 2.1 ms | 16× |
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| 1,000 | 106 ms | 4.0 ms | 27× |
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Wall-clock time per `poetry show --tree` invocation (Python 3.12, N packages installed,
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each with 2 sub-deps; 3-run average). Measured with replicated implementation.
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## Impact
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`poetry show --tree` is a common developer workflow command. In a project with
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500 installed packages (realistic for large Django/data-science projects), the
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command performs ~250,000 list-scan operations instead of ~500. The command
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becomes noticeably slow on projects with ≥200 packages. Additionally, the
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shared-state bug causes shared dependencies (diamond patterns — very common in
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real package graphs) to be shown as "(circular dependency aborted here)" even
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when they are not cycles, producing misleading and incorrect tree output.
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## Affected Versions
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All versions of Poetry using the current `ShowCommand._display_tree()`
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implementation. Introduced when `show --tree` was first implemented.
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## Diamond Recursion Scan — CLEAN (broader scan beyond poetry-0001)
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**Scan date:** 2026-03-29
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**Pattern:** Recursive DAG traversal without visited set (CWE-407 diamond recursion, O(2^D))
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### Files examined
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- `src/poetry/puzzle/solver.py` — `depth_first_search()`, `dfs_visit()`, `_aggregate_solved_packages()`
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- `src/poetry/puzzle/provider.py` — `complete_package()`, `incompatibilities_for()`
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- `src/poetry/mixology/version_solver.py` — `_resolve_conflict()`
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- `src/poetry/packages/locker.py` — `locked_packages()`, `_compute_lock_data()`
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- `src/poetry/console/commands/show.py` — `_display_tree()` (see poetry-0001)
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### Findings
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**puzzle/solver.py depth_first_search / dfs_visit():** Explicit `visited: set[DFSNodeID] = set()`
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guard. `if node.id in visited: return` at the top of dfs_visit. CLEAN.
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**mixology/version_solver.py:** Uses the Pubgrub algorithm (backtracking SAT-style solver).
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No recursive graph walk — operates on incompatibility sets with memoized partial assignments.
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CLEAN.
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**packages/locker.py:** Iterative dict construction from lock data. No recursive graph walk.
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CLEAN.
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**show.py _display_tree():** See poetry-0001. The shared-state bug prevents O(2^D) diamond
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blowup (accidental guard), but introduces false-positive cycle detection. The O(N) list
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membership is the primary CWE-407 finding.
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### Verdict: CLEAN for diamond recursion O(2^D) — one O(N²) list-membership defect (poetry-0001)
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