CVE-2022-34749

mistune: catastrophic backtracking

Published Jul 25, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
In mistune through 2.0.2, support of inline markup is implemented by using regular expressions that can involve a high amount of backtracking on certain edge cases. This behavior is commonly named catastrophic backtracking.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-0155 In mistune through 2.0.2, support of inline markup is implemented by using regular expressions that can involve a high amount of backtracking on certain edge cases. This behavior is commonly named catastrophic backtracking.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-fw3v-x4f2-v673 Mistune vulnerable to catastrophic backtracking
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 3, 2024, 9:22 AM
Reserved
Jun 28, 2022, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 25, 2022, 11:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:50 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Jul 26, 2022, 12:00 AM