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CVE-2026-71436: Mermaid XY Charts are vulnerable to an infinite loop DoS

August 6, 2026

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

Code Behaviors & Features

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 10.6.0 before 10.9.8, all versions starting from 11.0.0-alpha.1 before 11.16.1

Fixed versions

  • 10.9.8
  • 11.16.1

Solution

Upgrade to versions 10.9.8, 11.16.1 or above.

Impact 4.7 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L

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Weakness

  • CWE-1325: Improperly Controlled Sequential Memory Allocation
  • CWE-835: Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')

Source file

npm/mermaid/CVE-2026-71436.yml

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