High 7.5Published Jul 8, 2026

CVE-2026-59887linkify-it is a links recognition library with full Unicode support.

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 08:30 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-407
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Aug 26, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

markdown-it linkify-it markdown-it:linkify-it	before 5.0.2	NVD

References

https://github.com/markdown-it/linkify-it/commit/105e5d77f7d119871d2b2d86ed208568eb3e7ffepatch
https://github.com/markdown-it/linkify-it/releases/tag/5.0.2release-notes
https://github.com/markdown-it/linkify-it/security/advisories/GHSA-v245-v573-v5vmexploit, mitigation, vendor-advisory

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