commonmark versions from 2.0.0 before 2.8.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in XmlRenderer that emits depth-proportional indentation for every XML tag. Attackers can provide deeply nested Markdown or AST structures to cause quadratic memory consumption and output amplification, exhausting server resources.

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Attack Requirements None

User Interaction None

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 None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

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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
thephpleague commonmark unaffected
Version Status Constraints
2.0.0 affected < 2.8.4
2.8.4 unaffected —

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Fixes

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/thephpleague/commonmark/security/advisories/GHSA-mj63-m3rc-8ppr cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/commonmark-2.0.0-before-2.8.4-denial-of-service-via-xml cve-icon cve-icon
History

Mon, 07 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Description commonmark versions from 2.0.0 before 2.8.4 contain a denial of service vulnerability in XmlRenderer that emits depth-proportional indentation for every XML tag. Attackers can provide deeply nested Markdown or AST structures to cause quadratic memory consumption and output amplification, exhausting server resources.
Title commonmark 2.0.0 before 2.8.4 Denial of Service via XML
First Time appeared Thephpleague
Thephpleague commonmark
Weaknesses CWE-405
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:thephpleague:commonmark:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Thephpleague
Thephpleague commonmark
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-07T12:53:51.897Z

Reserved: 2026-09-07T12:34:31.457Z

Link: CVE-2026-86432

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-07T13:20:42.600

Modified: 2026-09-07T13:20:42.600

Link: CVE-2026-86432

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