CVE-2026-9358
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
A vulnerability was determined in postcss-selector-parser up to 6.1.2/7.1.2. Affected is the function toString of the file src/selectors/container.js of the component AST Serialization. Executing a manipulation can lead to uncontrolled recursion. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be utilized. Upgrading to version 6.1.3 and 7.1.3 is able to address this issue. This patch is called 5bc698cef66f8abd12610dc623e5d67cbc0f869d. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component. The vendor explains, that according to his definition "DoS on server-side on user-generated CSS is low risk for us (since most users compile own CSS with PostCSS)." The commits were backported to 6.x branch, which was the most downloaded version.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- v4.0•LOW•Score: 2.1CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.33%• Percentile: 24%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-404•Improper Resource Shutdown or Release
The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use.
- CWE-674•Uncontrolled Recursion
The product does not properly control the amount of recursion that takes place, consuming excessive resources, such as allocated memory or the program stack.
References (7)
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/365321
- https://vuldb.com/vuln/365321/cti
- https://vuldb.com/submit/813080
- https://gist.github.com/bx33661/581e3a38134601c04e19b4dfc9b459b9
- https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-9358
- https://github.com/postcss/postcss-selector-parser/commit/5bc698cef66f8abd12610dc623e5d67cbc0f869d
- https://github.com/postcss/postcss-selector-parser/releases/tag/7.1.3