Inefficient Regular Expression Complexity Affecting python-mistune package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.41% (34th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-PYTHONMISTUNE-17934819
  • published10 Jul 2026
  • disclosed8 Jul 2026

Introduced: 8 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-59925  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1333  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 python-mistune.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-mistune package and not the python-mistune package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.3.0, long sequences of well-formed double-asterisk or triple-asterisk emphasis pairs around a character cause quadratic work in src/mistune/inline_parser.py because the parser scans forward for matching close markers from every potential opening run, allowing denial of service in default Mistune parsing. This issue is fixed in version 3.3.0.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1