linkify-it is a links recognition library with full Unicode support. Prior to 5.0.2, the mailto: schema validator used by .test() and .match() can be invoked at every mailto: occurrence and scan the remaining input through src_email_name in lib/re.mjs, causing O(n^2) CPU consumption on crafted user text. This issue is fixed in version 5.0.2.
History

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First Time appeared Markdown-it
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Markdown-it linkify-it

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description linkify-it is a links recognition library with full Unicode support. Prior to 5.0.2, the mailto: schema validator used by .test() and .match() can be invoked at every mailto: occurrence and scan the remaining input through src_email_name in lib/re.mjs, causing O(n^2) CPU consumption on crafted user text. This issue is fixed in version 5.0.2.
Title linkify-it: Quadratic-complexity DoS via the `mailto:` validator scan-loop on attacker text
Weaknesses CWE-407
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-07-08T15:58:12.114Z

Updated: 2026-07-09T14:41:02.113Z

Reserved: 2026-07-07T16:40:07.983Z

Link: CVE-2026-59887

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-09T14:40:49.708Z

cve-icon NVD

No data.

cve-icon Redhat

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