๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-115349

HIGH 7.5

Mistune 3.0.0 before 3.3.0 Denial of Service via Nested Bracket Parsing

CVSS Score
7.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Mistune from 3.0.0 before 3.3.0 contains an algorithmic complexity denial of service vulnerability in the parse_link_text function in src/mistune/helpers.py. Attackers can submit markdown with deeply nested square brackets triggering quadratic parsing time, exhausting server CPU with small crafted requests.

CWE CWE-1333
Vendor lepture
Product mistune
Published Oct 22, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Affected Versions

lepture / mistune
3.0.0 < 3.3.0

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
github.com: https://github.com/lepture/mistune/security/advisories/GHSA-3q64-rw38-243v vulncheck.com: https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/mistune-3.0.0-before-3.3.0-denial-of-service-via-nested-bracket-parsing

Credits

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