CVE-2026-55099

HIGHPre-NVD 7.57.5
EchelonGraph scoreLOW confidence

This high-severity CVE scores 7.5 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). 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: secondary
7.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: —CVSS: 7.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

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

icalendar is an RFC 5545 compatible parser and generator of iCalendar files for Python. From 7.1.0 until 7.1.3, the Component equality method in src/icalendar/cal/component.py compares nested subcomponents with two membership loops, and each membership test invokes the same method on child components, causing O(2^n) work relative to nesting depth. Component.from_ical accepts arbitrarily nested BEGIN:VEVENT blocks without a depth limit, so an attacker can submit a sub-kilobyte .ics file containing equal nested subtrees and trigger the cost when an application performs equality, inequality, membership, deduplication, test-assertion, round-trip, or normalization comparisons. Parsing alone does not trigger the issue, and comparisons that differ early short-circuit, but a few hundred bytes can pin a CPU core for minutes or indefinitely, causing denial of service in calendar sync or import endpoints, invite processing, and other comparison paths. This issue is fixed in version 7.1.3.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
7.5(low)
EG Risk
38(Track)
EG Risk 38/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity75% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
—
EPSS %ILE
—
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 25, 2026

Last Modified

August 25, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated Aug 25, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github, github_commit, github_release.
github_release Patch Available

v7.1.3

Patch available: collective/icalendar v7.1.3

https://github.com/collective/icalendar/releases/tag/v7.1.3
github_commit Patch Available

commit cad40cd112c9 (collective/icalendar)

Patch available: collective/icalendar v7.1.3 (contains commit cad40cd112c9)

https://github.com/collective/icalendar/commit/cad40cd112c93fd142ec12cc5b37445a849b8a79
github_commit Patch Available

commit b6b2608ae3af (collective/icalendar)

Patch available: collective/icalendar v7.1.3 (contains commit b6b2608ae3af)

https://github.com/collective/icalendar/commit/b6b2608ae3af6de40695b4e40f71847485aa0b49
github Patch Available🟡 PoC Available

Denial of Service via comparison in deeply nested components · Advisory · collective/icalendar · GitHub

https://github.com/collective/icalendar/security/advisories/GHSA-cv84-9p8j-fj68

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-55099(1)

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

Weakness Classification(2)

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

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 3× in last 7d / 3× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-08-25 20:23 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-25 19:35 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-08-25 19:34 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-55099?
CVE-2026-55099 is a high vulnerability published on August 25, 2026. icalendar is an RFC 5545 compatible parser and generator of iCalendar files for Python. From 7.1.0 until 7.1.3, the Component equality method in src/icalendar/cal/component.py compares nested subcomponents with two membership loops, and each membership test invokes the same method on child…
When was CVE-2026-55099 disclosed?
CVE-2026-55099 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 25, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-55099?
CVE-2026-55099 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). The EG score is currently aggregating — additional source signals are being incorporated as they become available..
How do I remediate CVE-2026-55099?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-55099, 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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