Svelte is a performance oriented web framework. From version 5.51.5 to before version 5.55.7, an internal regex in the Svelte runtime can take exponential time to test in . This issue has been patched in version 5.55.7.
CVE-2026-42567
This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 66% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 7.5
- EG Score
- 7.5(medium)
- EPSS
- 34.0%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
June 9, 2026
Last Modified
June 11, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jun 11, 2026ReDoS in `<svelte:element>` Tag Validation · Advisory · sveltejs/svelte · GitHub
https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/security/advisories/GHSA-9rmh-mm8f-r9h6[email protected]
Patch available: sveltejs/svelte [email protected]
https://github.com/sveltejs/svelte/releases/tag/svelte%405.55.7Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-42567(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
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