Description
Mistune is a Python Markdown parser with renderers and plugins. Prior to 3.2.1, render_toc_ul() builds a <ul> table-of-contents tree from a list of (level, id, text) tuples. Both the id value (used as href="#<id>") and the text value (used as the visible link label) are inserted into <a> tags via a plain Python format string — with no HTML escaping applied to either value. When heading IDs are derived from user-supplied heading text (the standard use-case for readable slug anchors), an attacker can craft a heading whose text breaks out of the href="#..." attribute context, injecting arbitrary HTML tags including <script> blocks directly into the rendered TOC. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.2.1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| lepture | mistune | < 3.2.1 | — |
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 | mistune | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | mistune | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | mistune | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | mistune +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | mistune +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | mistune +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | mistune +1 | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | mistune +1 | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | mistune | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 18.04 LTS | mistune | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | mistune | No fix yet | — |
SUSE
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLES 3 | python-mistune | 2.0.5-150400.11.8.1 | SUSE-SU-2026:2949-1 |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | python-mistune | 3.2.1-1 | — |
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | mistune | >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.1 | 3.2.1 | GHSA-6269-cqxg-mhhv |
| PyPI | mistune | < 3.2.1 | 3.2.1 | PYSEC-2026-2208 |
Advisories 1
- SUSE-SU-2026:2949-1 Security update for python-mistune SUSE / openSUSE Security Updates · Jul 15, 2026