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CVE-2026-86429: Inefficient Algorithmic Complexity in thephpleague commonmark

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VulnerabilityCVE-2026-86429cvecve-2026-86429
Published: 09/07/2026 (09/07/2026, 12:53:49 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: thephpleague
Product: commonmark

Description

The league/commonmark (thephpleague/commonmark) library in versions >= 1.5.0 and < 2.9.1 contains quadratic parsing complexity in its SmartPunctExtension and AttributesExtension. When either extension is explicitly registered on the Environment (they are not enabled by default and are excluded from the standard CommonMark and GitHub-Flavored Markdown converters), an unauthenticated attacker can submit small, specially crafted Markdown documents — such as text alternating with unpaired quotes, contiguous runs of block-level attribute blocks, or repeated class attributes — to trigger disproportionate CPU consumption and cause a denial of service. Fixed in 2.9.1.

CVSS v4.0

Score 8.7high

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vuln. Confidentiality
None
Vuln. Integrity
None
Vuln. Availability
High
Subsq. Confidentiality
None
Subsq. Integrity
None
Subsq. Availability
None
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

Affected software

Affected versions
=1.5.0

Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
VulnCheck
Date Reserved
2026-09-07T12:33:13.368Z
Cvss Version
4.0
State
PUBLISHED
Remediation Level
null

Threat ID: 6a9eb72cacd9273b49a9cf73

Added to database: 09/07/2026, 13:07:56 UTC

Last updated: 09/07/2026, 13:07:56 UTC

Views: 1

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