CVE-2026-107168

MEDIUMCVSS 6.2

Description

A flaw was found in m17n-lib. By providing crafted input containing an invalid UTF-8 character sequence, an attacker can cause the text parsing function to enter an infinite loop. This issue leads to sustained high CPU utilization, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) for the affected application.

Timeline

Published:October 7th, 2026 1:17 PM

Last modified:November 5th, 2026 4:17 PM

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 6.2 (MEDIUM)

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-835

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-107168
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2547409

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute