Mistune from 3.0.0 before 3.3.0 contains an algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the inline link parser's parse_link_text function that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust CPU with unbalanced brackets. Attackers can submit Markdown containing many unbalanced '[' or '![' characters, forcing repeated unbounded forward scans and tying up worker processes for minutes.
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Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:45:00 +0000
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| Description | Mistune from 3.0.0 before 3.3.0 contains an algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the inline link parser's parse_link_text function that allows unauthenticated attackers to exhaust CPU with unbalanced brackets. Attackers can submit Markdown containing many unbalanced '[' or '![' characters, forcing repeated unbounded forward scans and tying up worker processes for minutes. | |
| Title | Mistune before 3.3.0 Quadratic-Time DoS via parse_link_text | |
| First Time appeared |
Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune |
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| Weaknesses | CWE-400 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:a:mistune_project:mistune:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Mistune Project
Mistune Project mistune |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: VulnCheck
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-22T19:13:25.416Z
Reserved: 2026-10-22T11:20:02.626Z
Link: CVE-2026-115348
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Status : Deferred
Published: 2026-10-22T19:17:40.430
Modified: 2026-10-22T19:17:40.550
Link: CVE-2026-115348
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OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-10-23T05:15:13Z
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