CVE-2026-107378: CairoSVG: Quadratic-time DoS parsing a crafted SVG <path>
Rendering an untrusted SVG whose <path d="..."> contains many segments is O(n²) CPU. A single <path> under 1 MiB burns tens of seconds. Two independent O(n²) sites in cairosvg/path.py:
- Tokenizer — the path-data parser consumes the
dstring with awhile string:loop that repeatedly slices/re-scans the remaining string (each step is O(len remaining)), giving O(n²) over the whole attribute. - draw_markers — marker handling drains
node.verticeswithwhile node.vertices: ... node.vertices.pop(0);list.pop(0)is O(n), so draining n vertices is O(n²).
Both are hit on a normal render path (svg2png/svg2pdf), attacker controls only the SVG document.
References
- github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/9d63f049f9988d0ddda3eb94564ac3a50a286523
- github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/a4d585eb374724b79676e9cceaa9e9a1a4358565
- github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/releases/tag/2.9.1
- github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/security/advisories/GHSA-c3jg-qh8m-j3h2
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-c3jg-qh8m-j3h2
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-107378
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