Mistune before 3.3.0 Quadratic Denial of Service via parse_link_text
Exact source revision recorded 26 Oct 2026 20:35:31 UTC. It does not establish the source's current position. Latest evidence.
cve-program · CVE-2026-115347
PublishedMistune before 3.3.0 contains an inefficient algorithmic complexity vulnerability in parse_link_text that allows remote attackers to cause denial of service through unbalanced square brackets. Attackers can submit markdown containing long runs of unmatched brackets to mistune.html(), triggering repeated forward scans that stall worker processes for minutes.
- Source published
- 22 Oct 2026 19:13:24 UTC
- Source modified
- 26 Oct 2026 19:38:30 UTC
- Observed here
- 26 Oct 2026 20:35:31 UTC
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CVSS 4.0 · 8.7 CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H