CVE detail
CVE-2026-59928
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.
Buzz score
Why this CVE is surfacing
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Buzz score components · mention 16.1 · diversity 10.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
Why it matters now
Mention timeline
- Total mentions
- 4
- within the 30d window
- Peak daily
- 3
- highest bucket
Evidence
Source links by recency
4 source links · newest first
- CVE-2026-59928 Mistune block_parser: quadratic-time parsing on long lists of repeated reference-link definitionsMicrosoft MSRC
Information published.
vendormsrc.microsoft.comJul 11, 2026, 8:06 AM No excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comJul 8, 2026, 5:17 PMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comJul 8, 2026, 5:17 PMNo excerpt available.
Exploitgithub.comJul 8, 2026, 5:17 PM
Exploit code
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