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mistune — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59925

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.

Products
mistune
Affected versions
3.1.3-1, 3.1.4-1, 3.3.4-1, 3.4.0-1
Fixed versions
Not specified
CVEs
CVE-2026-59925
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:35 UTC · Revision 2

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59925

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Jul 2026, 17:17 UTC

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.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2026-59925

mistune

Fixed versions: Not specified

mistune

Fixed versions: Not specified

Complete source record
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