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    GHSA-rhh3-jpg6-66xh

    Published: 6 Aug 2026Last Modified: 10 Sept 2026

    Summary: Mermaid radar diagrams are vulnerable to DoS

    Details: ### Impact Mermaid radar diagrams allow arbitrary large values for `ticks`, which can cause high CPU usage, freezing the webpage/JavaScript process for long periods of time, until the process is eventually killed due to OOM/running out of memory. #### Proof-of-concept ```txt radar-beta axis a, b curve c {1, 1} ticks 1000000000 ``` ### Patches _Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_ This problem has been patched by https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/59b22fad2b3bb04f87a476c84a8a2b24679e607e, which was released in [Mermaid v11.16.1](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.16.1) ### Workarounds _Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_ There are no known workarounds without updating to a patched version of mermaid. ### References _Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_ - https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/59b22fad2b3bb04f87a476c84a8a2b24679e607e - https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.16.1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: mermaid

    Purl: pkg:npm/mermaid

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 11.6.0
    Fixed -11.16.1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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