CVE-2026-71439

Mermaid radar diagrams are vulnerable to DoS

Published Aug 6, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. From version 11.6.0 until 11.16.1, Mermaid Radar Diagrams allow arbitrary large values for the ticks parameter, which can cause high CPU usage and freeze the rendering webpage or JavaScript process for long periods of time, potentially until the process is killed from memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.1.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-rhh3-jpg6-66xh Mermaid radar diagrams are vulnerable to DoS
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-1050
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mermaid Project
Mermaid Project mermaid
Vendors & Products Mermaid Project
Mermaid Project mermaid
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. From version 11.6.0 until 11.16.1, Mermaid Radar Diagrams allow arbitrary large values for the ticks parameter, which can cause high CPU usage and freeze the rendering webpage or JavaScript process for long periods of time, potentially until the process is killed from memory exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 11.16.1.
Title Mermaid radar diagrams are vulnerable to DoS
Weaknesses CWE-1322
CWE-606
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L'}

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2026, 5:09 PM
Reserved
Aug 6, 2026, 4:28 PM
Status
Awaiting Analysis
Published
Aug 6, 2026, 10:18 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 3:10 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Aug 6, 2026, 8:01 PM