CSSOM through 0.5.0 Denial of Service via length Property
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Tampering
- 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-915.
Summary
CSSOM through 0.5.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in CSSStyleDeclaration.setProperty() that fails to validate reserved property names. Attackers can supply a stylesheet with a declaration named length to replace the internal counter and trigger excessive memory allocation during cssText serialization, causing process termination.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Important. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Hardened Images
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93752
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38j3-w94g-v5m4
References
Sources
- CVE-2026-93752 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93752 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-38j3-w94g-v5m4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93752 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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