CVE-2026-44898

MEDIUMNVD 6.16.1—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This medium-severity CVE scores 6.1 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 0.2%, top 87% 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).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, nvd
Elevated
6.1
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 6.1Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, render_toc_ul() builds a table-of-contents tree from a list of (level, id, text) tuples. Both the id value (used as href="#") and the text value (used as the visible link label) are inserted into tags via a plain Python format string — with no HTML escaping applied to either value. When heading IDs are derived from user-supplied heading text (the standard use-case for readable slug anchors), an attacker can craft a heading whose text breaks out of the href="#..." attribute context, injecting arbitrary HTML tags including blocks directly into the rendered TOC. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.

CVSS v3
6.1
EG Score
6.1(medium)
EPSS
13.5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

May 14, 2026

Last Modified

May 28, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jun 16, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_release, github.
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Mistune TOC Anchor Injection XSS · Advisory · lepture/mistune · GitHub

https://github.com/lepture/mistune/security/advisories/GHSA-6269-cqxg-mhhv
github_release Patch Available

v3.2.1

Patch available: lepture/mistune v3.2.1

https://github.com/lepture/mistune/releases/tag/v3.2.1

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-44898(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
mistune3.2.03.2.1—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-44898?
CVE-2026-44898 is a medium vulnerability published on May 14, 2026. Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, rendertocul() builds a <ul> table-of-contents tree from a list of (level, id, text) tuples. Both the id value (used as href="#<id>") and the text value (used as the visible link label) are inserted into <a> tags via a…
When was CVE-2026-44898 disclosed?
CVE-2026-44898 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 14, 2026, with the most recent update on May 28, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-44898 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-44898 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 13.5% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-44898?
CVE-2026-44898 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-44898?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-44898, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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