Description
commonmark versions from 1.5.0 before 2.8.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the Attributes extension where AttributesListener::findTargetAndDirection() performs quadratic-time sibling list scanning. Unauthenticated attackers can submit approximately 32 KB of repeated attribute blocks to cause parsing to take over 5 seconds, exhausting server resources.
Published: 2026-09-07
Score: 8.7 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description commonmark versions from 1.5.0 before 2.8.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in the Attributes extension where AttributesListener::findTargetAndDirection() performs quadratic-time sibling list scanning. Unauthenticated attackers can submit approximately 32 KB of repeated attribute blocks to cause parsing to take over 5 seconds, exhausting server resources.
Title commonmark 1.5.0 before 2.8.4 Denial of Service via Attributes
First Time appeared Thephpleague
Thephpleague commonmark
Weaknesses CWE-407
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:thephpleague:commonmark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Thephpleague
Thephpleague commonmark
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Thephpleague Commonmark
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-07T12:53:52.562Z

Reserved: 2026-09-07T12:34:31.457Z

Link: CVE-2026-86433

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-07T13:20:42.733

Modified: 2026-09-07T13:20:42.733

Link: CVE-2026-86433

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