Mermaid Gantt Charts are vulnerable to an Infinite Loop DoS
### Impact Mermaid v11.14.0 and earlier are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack when rendering gantt charts, if they use the [`excludes` attribute](https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/gantt.html?#excludes) to exclude all dates. Example: ``` gantt excludes monday,tuesday,wednesday,thursday,friday,saturday,sunday DoS :2025-01-01, 1d ``` `mermaid.parse` is unaffected, unless you then call the `ganttDb.getTasks()` (which is called when rendering a diagram). ### Patches This has been patched in: - [v11.15.0](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.15.0) (see [faafb5d49106dd32c367f3882505f2dd625aa30e](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/faafb5d49106dd32c367f3882505f2dd625aa30e)) - [v10.9.6](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/v10.9.6) (see [a59ea56174712ee5430dfd5bc877cb5151f501a6](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/a59ea56174712ee5430dfd5bc877cb5151f501a6)) ### Workarounds There are no workarounds available without updating to a newer version of mermaid.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-41150US | medium5.3 | — | ||
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 render… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaidPACKAGE
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/a59ea56174712ee5430dfd5bc877cb5151f501a6WEB
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/faafb5d49106dd32c367f3882505f2dd625aa30eWEB
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.15.0WEB
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/v10.9.6WEB
- https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/security/advisories/GHSA-6m6c-36f7-fhxhWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41150ADVISORY
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