CVE-2026-71436: Mermaid XY Charts are vulnerable to an infinite loop DoS
Mermaid XY Charts are vulnerable to an infinite loop DoS attack in the setXAxisRangeData(), when configuring an X-Axis with invalid parameters.
As each loop appends an element to an array, this would generally only cause an RangeError: Invalid array length to appear after a few seconds, but may cause the page/JavaScript process to crash due to memory exhaustion, depending on the environment.
References
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-2v8p-3f2j-5mp7
- github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/630aa7e5dd417e1f56bff2a1ce8df2c5ad08d289
- github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/ef60adc837d9d5107af21285f01e83dea309bd0a
- github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/pull/8022
- github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid@11.16.1
- github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/v10.9.8
- github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-2v8p-3f2j-5mp7
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-71436
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