CVE-2026-61556

LiquidJS: An infinite loop vulnerability in `strip_html` filter

HIGH
8.7
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2026 at 08:49 PM UTC
Updated: September 9, 2026 at 09:37 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLiquidjs

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Severity
HIGH8.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
PoC

Description

LiquidJS is a Shopify / GitHub Pages compatible template engine in pure JavaScript. From 10.26.0 until 10.27.1, the strip_html filter in src/filters/html.ts can enter an infinite loop when an input string contains <, includes at least one preceding character, and has no later >. In strip_html, the search for the next opener advances lt while the loop index remains unchanged when the closer search returns -1, and the equality-only stall guard does not exit because the loop index is less than lt. Reprocessing the same state indefinitely blocks template rendering and can cause denial of service with an input as short as a<. This issue is fixed in version 10.27.1.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 10.27.1
Affected range stops below 10.27.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

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CVSS

8.7HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

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StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-835

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