8.7
HIGH CVSS 4.0
CVE-2026-107378
CairoSVG: Quadratic-time DoS parsing a crafted SVG <path>
Description

CairoSVG is an SVG converter based on Cairo, a 2D graphics library. Prior to 2.9.1, rendering an attacker-controlled SVG with a path containing many segments can cause quadratic CPU consumption in cairosvg/path.py. The path tokenizer repeatedly slices and rescans the remaining path data, while draw_markers drains node.vertices with node.vertices.pop(0), causing repeated linear-time work. The svg2png, svg2pdf, and svg2ps APIs reach these operations during ordinary rendering, allowing a sub-megabyte SVG to consume substantial CPU and deny service to a rendering application. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.1.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 8, 2026, 6:17 p.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 8, 2026, 9:33 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

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ID Vendor Product Action
1 Courtbouillon cairosvg
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
CVSS 4.0 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
Update CairoSVG to version 2.9.1 or later to fix the CPU consumption vulnerability.
  • Update CairoSVG to version 2.9.1.
  • Apply security patches provided by the vendor.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2026-107378 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    Oct. 08, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/security/advisories/GHSA-c3jg-qh8m-j3h2
    Added SSVC {'id': 'CVE-2026-107378', 'role': 'CISA Coordinator', 'options': [{'exploitation': 'poc'}, {'automatable': 'yes'}, {'technicalImpact': 'partial'}], 'version': '2.0.3', 'timestamp': '2026-10-08T18:31:09.975017Z'}
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Oct. 08, 2026

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description CairoSVG is an SVG converter based on Cairo, a 2D graphics library. Prior to 2.9.1, rendering an attacker-controlled SVG with a path containing many segments can cause quadratic CPU consumption in cairosvg/path.py. The path tokenizer repeatedly slices and rescans the remaining path data, while draw_markers drains node.vertices with node.vertices.pop(0), causing repeated linear-time work. The svg2png, svg2pdf, and svg2ps APIs reach these operations during ordinary rendering, allowing a sub-megabyte SVG to consume substantial CPU and deny service to a rendering application. This issue is fixed in version 2.9.1.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
    Added CWE CWE-407
    Added Affected New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/107xxx/CVE-2026-107378.json">CVE-2026-107378</a>
    Added Reference https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/9d63f049f9988d0ddda3eb94564ac3a50a286523
    Added Reference https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/commit/a4d585eb374724b79676e9cceaa9e9a1a4358565
    Added Reference https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/releases/tag/2.9.1
    Added Reference https://github.com/Kozea/CairoSVG/security/advisories/GHSA-c3jg-qh8m-j3h2
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