CVE-2026-115348
HIGH
8,7
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Confidentiality: N/A
Integrity: N/A
Availability: N/A
HIGH
7,5
Source: [email protected]
Attack Vector: network
Attack Complexity: low
Privileges Required: none
User Interaction: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Description
AI Translation Available
Mistune from 3.0.0 before 3.3.0 contains an algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the inline link parser's parse_link_text function that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust CPU with unbalanced brackets. Attackers can submit Markdown containing many unbalanced '[' or '![' characters, forcing repeated unbounded forward scans and tying up worker processes for minutes.
400
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
DraftCommon Consequences
Security Scopes Affected:
Availability
Access Control
Other
Potential Impacts:
Dos: Crash, Exit, Or Restart
Dos: Resource Consumption (Cpu)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Memory)
Dos: Resource Consumption (Other)
Bypass Protection Mechanism
Other
Applicable Platforms
Technologies:
Not Technology-Specific, AI/ML
https://github.com/lepture/mistune/security/advisories/GHSA-x2gr-6qf2-fc9x
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mistune-before-3.3.0-quadratic-time-dos-vi…