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CVE-2026-86432

commonmark 2.0.0 before 2.8.4 Denial of Service via XML

Published: Sep 7, 2026Updated: Sep 10, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-405

Description

commonmark versions from 2.0.0 before 2.8.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in XmlRenderer that emits depth-proportional indentation for every XML tag. Attackers can provide deeply nested Markdown or AST structures to cause quadratic memory consumption and output amplification, exhausting server resources.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:LAvailability
Low

Weaknesses

Affected Products

Exploitability

No known exploits, KEV entries, or remediation guidance available for this vulnerability yet.

References

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