Pivotick - Stack Exhaustion Denial of Service via Deep or Cyclic Graph Data
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Active
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Denial of service
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.
Summary
Pivotick contains an uncontrolled-recursion vulnerability when processing caller-supplied graph and node data. The affected graph algorithms recursively traversed graph edges, while the JSON viewer recursively processed each level of a node’s data structure. A specially crafted graph containing an excessively long path, deeply nested properties, or circular object references could therefore exhaust the JavaScript call stack when Pivotick calculates a layout or displays a node in the inspection modal. Successful exploitation may cause an uncaught exception, freeze the affected page, or crash the browser tab, resulting in a client-side denial of service. No confidentiality or integrity impact has been identified. The patch replaces the recursive graph traversals with iterative stack-based implementations and limits the reachability calculation to 1,000,000 edge traversals. It also limits JSON rendering to 64 levels and detects circular references before descending further into an object.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-66920
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cgxr-m8cj-3q4w
References
More pivotick vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-47504 DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Unsafe String and SVG Icon Rendering in Pivotick CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.2
- TI-2026-47487 DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Unsanitized SVG Node Icons CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-47488 Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting in Node Modal Headers CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-47456 Cross-Site Scripting via Unsafe URL Schemes in Pivotick Property Links CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-47490 Pivotick - Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Unescaped Markdown Node References CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
- TI-2026-47503 Pivotick Unvalidated Node Image URLs Allow Unintended Client-Side Requests CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 5.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-66920 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-66920 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cgxr-m8cj-3q4w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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