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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.5 High

CVE-2026-59928

Mistune block_parser: quadratic-time parsing on long lists of repeated reference-link definitions

Description

Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.3.0, a Markdown document containing many repeated or distinct reference-link definitions causes quadratic work in src/mistune/block_parser.py and the ref_links environment dictionary handling, allowing denial of service through CPU exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0.

Affected products

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

lepture mistune

  • < 3.3.0affected

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