CVE-2026-121437
waiting for further signalsZero needs more public information before it can validate it.GHSA-xr4w-hw52-gjv9 ↗EUVD-2026-115859 ↗
description
Mistune versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.3 are affected by excessive CPU use during emphasis-delimiter parsing. A remote attacker can cause worker stalls or reduced availability by supplying specially formed Markdown. Exploitation requires the application to parse Markdown from an attacker-controlled source.
mitigation
Upgrade the mistune package to version 3.3.4 or later. Until upgraded, limit or disable processing of untrusted Markdown and apply request size and execution-time limits.
fixed in 3.3.4
outcome
Contextual, not validated: no deterministic check could cover this one, and no technique passed our review.
source signals
Public signals that triggered or updated the pipeline. These are inputs for the deltas above.
- 2026-11-03 14:28Zcve_org: trigger signal, started the run
this entry in the feed
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{ "etk_id": "ETK-2026-3374", "cve_id": "CVE-2026-121437", "display_id": "CVE-2026-121437", "ghsa_id": "GHSA-xr4w-hw52-gjv9", "euvd_id": "EUVD-2026-115859", "status": "published", "anchor_state": "anchored", "title": "Quadratic parsing denial of service in Mistune", "summary": "Mistune versions 3.3.0 through 3.3.3 are affected by excessive CPU use during emphasis-delimiter parsing. A remote attacker can cause worker stalls or reduced availability by supplying specially formed Markdown. Exploitation requires the application to parse Markdown from an attacker-controlled source.", "mitigation": "Upgrade the mistune package to version 3.3.4 or later. Until upgraded, limit or disable processing of untrusted Markdown and apply request size and execution-time limits.", "vendor": "lepture", "product": "mistune", "affected": [ { "affected_notes": [], "affected_ranges": [ ">= 3.3.0, < 3.3.4" ], "ecosystem": null, "fixed_versions": [ "3.3.4" ], "package_name": "mistune", "purl": null } ], "cwes": [ 407 ], "cvss_score": 8.7, "cvss_src": "cna_vendor", "cvss_vector": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N", "epss_score": null, "epss_percentile": null, "epss_asof": null, "automation": "contextual", "check": false, "check_confidence_basis": null, "exploit": false, "pipeline_minutes": 16.74700895, "t0_at": "2026-11-03T14:28:29.178000+00:00", "signals": { "trigger_signal": { "at": "2026-11-03T14:28:29.178000+00:00", "days": 0, "is_lower_bound": false, "measured_at": "2026-11-03T14:28:29.178000+00:00", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-121437" } } }
published 2026-11-03 14:42Z
last change 2026-11-03 16:32Z
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