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CVE-2026-82604 (GCVE-0-2026-82604)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-31 02:00 – Updated: 2026-08-31 02:00

Title

BareBones BBEdit Java Language recursion

Summary

A flaw has been found in BareBones BBEdit up to 15.5.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Java Language Module. This manipulation causes uncontrolled recursion. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Upgrading to version 16.0 is recommended to address this issue. You should upgrade the affected component.

Severity

5.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

4.3 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C

CWE

CWE-674 - Uncontrolled Recursion
CWE-404 - Denial of Service

Assigner

VulDB mitre root

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://vuldb.com/vuln/397106	vdb-entry
https://vuldb.com/vuln/397106/cti	signaturepermissions-required
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82604	third-party-advisory
https://vuldb.com/submit/892839	third-party-advisory
https://ciphersecuritylabs.com/research/articles/…	related
https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/notes-16…	related
https://www.barebones.com/store/bbedit_upgrades.html	patch

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version	CPE status
BareBones	BBEdit	Affected: 15.5.0 Affected: 15.5.1 Affected: 15.5.2 Affected: 15.5.3 Affected: 15.5.4 Affected: 15.5.5 Unaffected: 16.0 cpe:2.3:a:barebones:bbedit::::::::

Credits

ciphersecuritylabs (VulDB User)

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GHSA-8466-79GG-53V6

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-31 03:33 – Updated: 2026-08-31 03:33

Details

Severity

4.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

5.3 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-82604"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-404"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-08-31T02:17:03Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "A flaw has been found in BareBones BBEdit up to 15.5.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Java Language Module. This manipulation causes uncontrolled recursion. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Upgrading to version 16.0 is recommended to address this issue. You should upgrade the affected component.",
  "id": "GHSA-8466-79gg-53v6",
  "modified": "2026-08-31T03:33:16Z",
  "published": "2026-08-31T03:33:16Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-82604"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://ciphersecuritylabs.com/research/articles/fuzzing-bbedit-language-modules-stack-exhaustion-and-infinite-loop-dos-bugs"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82604"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/submit/892839"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/397106"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://vuldb.com/vuln/397106/cti"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.barebones.com/store/bbedit_upgrades.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/notes-16.0.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X",
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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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The MITRE ATT&CK techniques below are AI-generated suggestions, inferred from the description of the vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base model, served locally by ML-Gateway. They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.

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CVE-2026-82604 (GCVE-0-2026-82604)

GHSA-8466-79GG-53V6

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