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lepture mistune — Mistune Image Directive CSS Injection Vulnerability
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-2026-44899 (lepture mistune). Public exploit reference added.
May 26 Published (CNA: GitHub_M)
Description
Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, the Image directive plugin validates the :width: and :height: options with a regex compiled as _num_re = re.compile(r"^\d+(?:\.\d*)?"). When the validated value is not a plain integer, render_block_image() inserts it directly into a style="width:...;" or style="height:...;" attribute. Because the value was accepted by the prefix-only regex, any CSS after the leading digits reaches the style= attribute verbatim and without escaping. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 7, 2026 | Reserved | Reserved by GitHub_M |
| May 26, 2026 | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED | EXPLOIT PUBLISHED — CVE-2026-44899 (lepture mistune). Public exploit reference added. |
| May 26, 2026 | Published | Published (CNA: GitHub_M) |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 1 row
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| lepture | mistune | — | < 3.2.1 | — |
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