CVE-2026-82605: Infinite Loop in BareBones BBEdit
Description
CVE-2026-82605 is a medium severity vulnerability in BareBones BBEdit up to version 15.5.5. It involves an infinite loop triggered by manipulation of an unknown function within the Lasso Language Tokenizer component. The vulnerability can be exploited remotely and is resolved by upgrading to BBEdit version 16.0.
CVSS v4.0
Score 5.3medium
Affected software
BareBones
BBEdit
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability affects BareBones BBEdit versions 15.5.0 through 15.5.5. An attacker can cause the Lasso Language Tokenizer component to enter an infinite loop via crafted input, potentially leading to denial of service. The vulnerability is remotely exploitable without privileges or user interaction. The issue is fixed by upgrading to version 16.0.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation results in an infinite loop condition, which can cause the application to become unresponsive or consume excessive resources, leading to denial of service. There is no indication of code execution, data disclosure, or privilege escalation.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade BBEdit to version 16.0 or later to remediate this vulnerability. No other official remediation or temporary fixes are documented. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor's version upgrade recommendation.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- VulDB
- Date Reserved
- 2026-08-30T07:14:44.217Z
- Cvss Version
- 4.0
- State
- PUBLISHED
Threat ID: 6a94e8f4acd9273b496aa895
Added to database: 08/31/2026, 02:37:40 UTC
Last enriched: 09/07/2026, 15:16:46 UTC
Last updated: 10/13/2026, 06:48:20 UTC
Views: 72
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