Bug 2498146 (CVE-2026-59887)

Summary: CVE-2026-59887 linkify-it: linkify-it: Denial of Service via crafted mailto: links
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: abarbaro, akhatavk, alizardo, amctagga, aoconnor, aos-team-art-private, asdas, bniver, cdrage, dkeler, dpaolell, dschmidt, flucifre, gbenhaim, gmeno, groman, jchui, jdelft, jhe, jlanda, jupierce, kbempah, kshier, ktsao, lgarciaa, mbenjamin, mbiarnes, mhackett, nboldt, niyer, oaljalju, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, psrna, rushinde, sdawley, sghai, sidsharm, simaishi, solenoci, sostapov, stcannon, suppawar, teagle, thason, twaugh, vereddy, vlaad, yguenane
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A flaw was found in linkify-it, a library for recognizing links. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by providing specially crafted user text. The mailto: schema validator, when processing this input, can be repeatedly invoked, leading to excessive CPU consumption. This can result in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected system.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-08 17:01:55 UTC
linkify-it is a links recognition library with full Unicode support. Prior to 5.0.2, the mailto: schema validator used by .test() and .match() can be invoked at every mailto: occurrence and scan the remaining input through src_email_name in lib/re.mjs, causing O(n^2) CPU consumption on crafted user text. This issue is fixed in version 5.0.2.