Scriban before 6.6.0 contains an infinite recursion vulnerability in object rendering when the ObjectRecursionLimit property defaults to unlimited. Attackers can supply circular reference objects to the template context, exhausting stack space and triggering an uncatchable StackOverflowException that terminates the hosting process.
CVE-2026-74794
Score 7.5 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-16. a secondary CVSS source baseline 7.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- 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(high)
- EG Risk
- 65(Attend)EG Risk 65/100SSVC: Attend
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 computedSeverity75% × 45%Exploitation40% × 40%Automatability100% × 15%Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk. - EPSS PROB
- 0%
- EPSS %ILE
- 20%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
August 16, 2026
Last Modified
August 17, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Aug 16, 2026Scriban before 6.6.0 Denial of Service via Infinite Recursion | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/scriban-before-denial-of-service-via-infinite-recursionInfinite Recursion during Object Rendering Leads to Stack Overflow and Process Crash (Denial of Service) · Advisory · scriban/scriban · GitHub
https://github.com/scriban/scriban/security/advisories/GHSA-grr9-747v-xvcpVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-74794(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
NuGet(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| scriban | 0.1.0 ... 6.5.8 (122 versions) | 6.6.0 | — |
| Scriban.Signed | 0.10.0 ... 6.5.8 (110 versions) | 6.6.0 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 24× in last 7d / 24× 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.
- 2026-08-20 22:56 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-20 20:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-20 07:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 19:23 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-19 19:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-19 17:04 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-19 06:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 18:25 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-18 18:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-18 05:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-17 17:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-17 17:00 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 17:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-17 15:33 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 15:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-08-17 03:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-17 03:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-08-16 14:36 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 13:27 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-08-16 13:26 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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