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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV N L N R C L L N 6.1 .0023 13.8 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed mistune < 3.2.1 – —
TIMELINE May 7 Reserved by GitHub_M May 26 EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44897 (lepture mistune). Public exploit reference added. May 26 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, HTMLRenderer.heading() builds the opening <hN> tag by string-concatenating the id attribute value directly into the HTML — with no call to escape(), safe_entity(), or any other sanitisation function. A double-quote character " in the id value terminates the attribute, allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary additional attributes (event handlers, src=, href=, etc.) into the heading element. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| May 26, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44897 (lepture mistune). Public exploit reference added. |
| May 26, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lepture | mistune | — | < 3.2.1 | — |
Authoritative record: CVE-2026-44897 at cve.org
Vendors: lepture
Weaknesses: CWE-79
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