Description
Mermaid is a JavaScript tool that uses Markdown-inspired text to create and modify diagrams and charts. Prior to 10.9.6 and 11.15.0, there is a denial-of-service attack when rendering gantt charts, if they use the excludes attribute to exclude all dates. mermaid.parse is unaffected, unless you then call the ganttDb.getTasks() (which is called when rendering a diagram). This vulnerability is fixed in 10.9.6 and 11.15.0.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| mermaid-js | mermaid | >= 11.0.0-alpha.1, < 11.15.0, < 10.9.6 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | node-mermaid | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | node-mermaid | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | node-mermaid | No fix yet | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| npm | mermaid | >= 11.0.0-alpha.1, < 11.15.0 | 11.15.0 | GHSA-6m6c-36f7-fhxh |
| npm | mermaid | < 10.9.6 | 10.9.6 | GHSA-6m6c-36f7-fhxh |
References
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-6m6c-36f7-fhxh
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/a59ea56174712ee5430dfd5bc877cb5151f501a6
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/faafb5d49106dd32c367f3882505f2dd625aa30e
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.15.0
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/v10.9.6