CVE-2026-31899 (GCVE-0-2026-31899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-03-13 19:38 – Updated: 2026-03-16 13:39
VLAI
Title
CairoSVG vulnerable to Exponential DoS via recursive <use> element amplification
Summary
CairoSVG is an SVG converter based on Cairo, a 2D graphics library. Prior to Kozea/CairoSVG has exponential denial of service via recursive <use> element amplification in cairosvg/defs.py. This causes CPU exhaustion from a small input.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-03-16 13:37 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Kozea CairoSVG Affected: < 2.9.0
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