A vulnerability has been found in BareBones BBEdit up to 15.5.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Lasso Language Tokenizer. Such manipulation leads to infinite loop. The attack can be executed remotely. Upgrading to version 16.0 is sufficient to fix this issue. The affected component should be upgraded.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction Passive

Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None

Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None

Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low

Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None

Subsequent System Integrity Impact None

Subsequent System Availability Impact None

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
BareBones BBEdit affected
Version Status Constraints
15.5.0 affected —
15.5.1 affected —
15.5.2 affected —
15.5.3 affected —
15.5.4 affected —
15.5.5 affected —
16.0 unaffected —

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References
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https://ciphersecuritylabs.com/research/articles/fuzzing-bbedit-language-modules-stack-exhaustion-and-infinite-loop-dos-bugs cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-82605 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/submit/892840 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/397107 cve-icon
https://vuldb.com/vuln/397107/cti cve-icon
https://www.barebones.com/store/bbedit_upgrades.html cve-icon
https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/notes-16.0.html cve-icon
History

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description A vulnerability has been found in BareBones BBEdit up to 15.5.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Lasso Language Tokenizer. Such manipulation leads to infinite loop. The attack can be executed remotely. Upgrading to version 16.0 is sufficient to fix this issue. The affected component should be upgraded.
Title BareBones BBEdit Lasso Language Tokenizer infinite loop
First Time appeared Barebones
Barebones bbedit
Weaknesses CWE-404
CWE-835
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:barebones:bbedit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Barebones
Barebones bbedit
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 5, 'vector': 'AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.3, '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:N/E:X'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-31T02:15:09.051Z

Reserved: 2026-08-30T07:14:44.217Z

Link: CVE-2026-82605

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