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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.7 High

CVE-2026-115349

Mistune 3.0.0 before 3.3.0 Denial of Service via Nested Bracket Parsing

Description

Mistune from 3.0.0 before 3.3.0 contains an algorithmic complexity denial of service vulnerability in the parse_link_text function in src/mistune/helpers.py. Attackers can submit markdown with deeply nested square brackets triggering quadratic parsing time, exhausting server CPU with small crafted requests.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

lepture mistune

Default version status: unaffected

  • 3.0.0 to < 3.3.0affected
  • 3.3.0unaffected
pkg:pypi/mistune

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