Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting mistune package, versions <0.8-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.92% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-MISTUNE-18306986
  • published25 Jul 2026
  • disclosed19 Oct 2017

Introduced: 19 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-15612  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-79  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest mistune to version 0.8-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mistune package and not the mistune package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

mistune.py in Mistune 0.7.4 allows XSS via an unexpected newline (such as in java\nscript:) or a crafted email address, related to the escape and autolink functions.