Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-59925 · published 8 July 2026
CVE-2026-59925: Mistune project mistune inefficient regular expression (redos) vulnerability
Mistune Project · Mistune
Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.3.0, long sequences of well-formed double-asterisk or triple-asterisk emphasis pairs around a character cause quadratic work in src/mistune/inline_parser.py because the parser scans forward for matching close markers from every potential opening run, allowing denial of service in default Mistune parsing. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0.
Description
Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.3.0, long sequences of well-formed double-asterisk or triple-asterisk emphasis pairs around a character cause quadratic work in src/mistune/inline_parser.py because the parser scans forward for matching close markers from every potential opening run, allowing denial of service in default Mistune parsing. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/lepture/mistune/commit/5de41fb8e527004dbc363e047a3c380c9288c74f | Patch |
| https://github.com/lepture/mistune/releases/tag/v3.3.0 | Release Notes |
| https://github.com/lepture/mistune/security/advisories/GHSA-4j32-57v6-6g45 | ExploitVendor Advisory |
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-59925), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.