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CVE-2026-59928 (GCVE-0-2026-59928)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-08 16:23 – Updated: 2026-07-08 19:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Mistune block_parser: quadratic-time parsing on long lists of repeated reference-link definitions
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/lepture/mistune/security/advis… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/2b04d7b… | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/lepture/mistune/releases/tag/v3.3.0 | x_refsource_MISC |
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PYSEC-2026-2216
Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2026-07-08 17:17 - Updated: 2026-07-13 05:49
VLAI
Details
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
Impacted products
| Name | purl | mistune | pkg:pypi/mistune |
|---|
Aliases
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