Mistune from 3.0.0 before 3.3.0 contains an algorithmic complexity denial of service vulnerability in the parse_link_text function in src/mistune/helpers.py. Attackers can submit markdown with deeply nested square brackets triggering quadratic parsing time, exhausting server CPU with small crafted requests.
{
"cna_assigner": "VulnCheck",
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-1333"
],
"osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/115xxx/CVE-2026-115349.json"
}{
"extracted_events": [
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "3.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.3.0"
}
],
"source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
"strategy": "StandardRange"
},
{
"range": [
{
"introduced": "3.0.0"
},
{
"fixed": "3.3.0"
}
],
"source": "DESCRIPTION"
}
]
}