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mistune — security advisory
Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.3.0, a Markdown document containing many repeated or distinct reference-link definitions causes quadratic work in src/mistune/block_parser.py and the ref_links environment dictionary handling, allowing denial of service through CPU exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0.
- Products
- mistune
- Affected versions
- 0.6-2, 0.7.1-1, 0.7.4-1, 0.8-1, 0.8.1-1, 0.8.3-2, 0.8.4-1, 0.8.4-2, 0.8.4-4, 0.8.4-5, 2.0.0-1+really0.8.4-1, 2.0.4-2, 3.0.2-1, 3.0.2-2, 3.1.3-1, 3.1.4-1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-59928
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 02:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.3.0, a Markdown document containing many repeated or distinct reference-link definitions causes quadratic work in src/mistune/block_parser.py and the ref_links environment dictionary handling, allowing denial of service through CPU exhaustion. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2026-59928
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Complete source record
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