CVE-2026-71436

Mermaid XY Charts are vulnerable to an infinite loop DoS

MEDIUM
5.3
CVSS Score
Published: August 6, 2026 at 07:49 PM UTC
Updated: October 24, 2026 at 03:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMermaid

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Severity
MEDIUM5.3
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. From version 10.6.0 until 10.9.8 and 11.16.1, Mermaid XY Charts are vulnerable to an infinite loop denial of service in the setXAxisRangeData function when configuring an X-Axis with invalid parameters. Because each loop iteration appends an element to an array, this generally causes a RangeError to appear after a few seconds, but it may instead cause the page or JavaScript process to crash from memory exhaustion, depending on the environment. This issue is fixed in versions 10.9.8 and 11.16.1.

Affected

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

>= 10.6.0, < 10.9.8>= 11.0.0-alpha.1, < 11.16.1
Affected range stops below 10.9.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 11.16.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.3MEDIUMGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusAWAITING ANALYSIS
CWE
CWE-835CWE-1325

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