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TI-2018-14053 Aliases CVE-2018-19838GHSA-wjrc-f8qw-j9q6

In LibSass prior to 3.5.5, functions inside ast.cpp for IMPLEMENT_AST_OPERATORS expansion…

Priority LOW 33CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

In LibSass prior to 3.5.5, functions inside ast.cpp for IMPLEMENT_AST_OPERATORS expansion allow attackers to cause a denial-of-service resulting from stack consumption via a crafted sass file, as demonstrated by recursive calls involving clone(), cloneChildren(), and copy().

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01928 80th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:sass-lang:libsass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 3.5.5VulnerableSass-lang
  • cpe:2.3:a:sass-lang:libsass:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 3.5.5 Vulnerable ·Sass-lang

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-19838
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wjrc-f8qw-j9q6

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 3

  • TI-2022-21169 Stack overflow vulnerability in ast_selectors.cpp: in function… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2022-21168 Stack overflow vulnerability in ast_selectors.cpp in function… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2018-08219 A use-after-free vulnerability exists in handle_error() in sass_context.cpp in LibSass… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-09890 Stack Overflow vulnerability in libsass 3.6.5 via the CompoundSelector::has_real_parent_ref function. CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-14042 In LibSass 3.5.5, a use-after-free vulnerability exists in the SharedPtr class in… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-08363 An issue was discovered in LibSass through 3.5.4. CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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