Description
svg-sanitizer from 0.5.3 before 1.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in Sanitizer::sanitize() that repeatedly rescans the whole input while stripping PHP tags. Unauthenticated attackers can upload SVGs with many overlapping PHP tag openers and closers, forcing quadratic preg_replace passes that exhaust worker CPU for minutes.
Metrics
CVSS 3.1 7.5/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| darylldoyle | svg-sanitizer | >= 0.5.3, < 1.1.0 |
References
- https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/commit/9ba9001493f5da737759303f13bd965ebdaa778c
- https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-2v7c-jx29-jprp
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/svg-sanitizer-before-1.1.0-quadratic-cpu-exhaustion-dos-via-php-tag-stripping-loop
- https://github.com/darylldoyle/svg-sanitizer/security/advisories/GHSA-2v7c-jx29-jprp
Timeline
- Published
- Oct 27, 2026
- Last modified
- Nov 2, 2026
- NVD status
- Deferred