01 Record
CVE-2026-117540
svg-sanitizer before 1.1.0 Quadratic CPU-Exhaustion DoS via PHP-Tag Stripping Loop
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: VulnCheck
CNA base score8.7 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
svg-sanitizer before 1.1.0 Quadratic CPU-Exhaustion DoS via PHP-Tag Stripping Loop
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 8.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-27.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-27 10:59Z2 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-27 10:59Z2 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-10-27
- Assigning CNA
- VulnCheck
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-407Inefficient Algorithmic ComplexityClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 5f7281b1c7bf039ca45d882d0ba59759c1dc32052c182e445aa54840884ff276
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comGitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-2v7c-jx29-jprp)https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-2v7c-jx29-jprp
- github.comhttps://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/commit/9ba9001493f5da737759303f13bd965ebdaa778c
- www.vulncheck.comVulnCheck Advisory: svg-sanitizer before 1.1.0 Quadratic CPU-Exhaustion DoS via PHP-Tag Stripping Loophttps://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/svg-sanitizer-before-1.1.0-quadratic-cpu-exhaustion-dos-via-php-tag-stripping-loop