CVE-2026-59928

high

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.

References

https://github.com/lepture/mistune/security/advisories/GHSA-ffq3-xpv3-j92q

https://github.com/lepture/mistune/releases/tag/v3.3.0

https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/2b04d7ba341c16ac78fe82d3076bdd5c3de87c69

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