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🛡️ CVE-2026-71439 — mermaid

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-1322 NVD
N/A
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Mermaid radar diagrams are vulnerable to DoS

Impact

Mermaid radar diagrams allow arbitrary large values for ticks, which can cause high CPU usage, freezing the webpage/JavaScript process for long periods of time, until the process is eventually killed due to OOM/running out of memory.

Proof-of-concept

```txt

radar-beta

axis a, b

curve c {1, 1}

ticks 1000000000

```

Patches

_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_

This problem has been patched by https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/59b22fad2b3bb04f87a476c84a8a2b24679e607e, which was released in [Mermaid v11.16.1](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.16.1)

Workarounds

_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_

There are no known workarounds without updating to a patched version of mermaid.

References

_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_

  • https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/59b22fad2b3bb04f87a476c84a8a2b24679e607e
  • https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.16.1

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. Rated impact: confidentiality none, integrity none, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L

  • Attack vector: Network — reachable from anywhere that can route to the service.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Attack requirements: None — no deployment-specific condition has to hold.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: Passive — a victim action is involved, but not a deliberate one.
  • Confidentiality impact: None.
  • Integrity impact: None.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2026-71439 is classified as CWE-1322: Use of Blocking Code in Single-threaded, Non-blocking Context. The product uses a non-blocking model that relies on a single threaded process for features such as scalability, but it contains code that can block when it is invoked.

Affected software

CVE-2026-71439 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • mermaid
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 6 August 2026 and last revised on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com (Web)
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github.com (Package)
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Other advisories for this package

mermaid has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-1322: Use of Blocking Code in Single-threaded, Non-blocking Context) in other software:

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L
CWE CWE-1322
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2026-08-06
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
mermaid — —
unknown — —

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