CVE-2026-59887

high

Description

linkify-it is a links recognition library with full Unicode support. Prior to 5.0.2, the mailto: schema validator used by .test() and .match() can be invoked at every mailto: occurrence and scan the remaining input through src_email_name in lib/re.mjs, causing O(n^2) CPU consumption on crafted user text. This issue is fixed in version 5.0.2.

References

https://github.com/markdown-it/linkify-it/security/advisories/GHSA-v245-v573-v5vm

https://github.com/markdown-it/linkify-it/releases/tag/5.0.2

https://github.com/markdown-it/linkify-it/commit/105e5d77f7d119871d2b2d86ed208568eb3e7ffe

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-07-08

Updated: 2026-07-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High