Crass is a Ruby CSS parser that's fully compliant with the CSS Syntax Level 3 specification. Prior to 1.0.7, when Crass parses input containing `non-ASCII characters`, inefficiencies in tracking the positions of `multi-byte characters` result in superlinear parsing time. An attacker-controlled CSS input consisting of many `non-ASCII characters` can therefore cause excessive CPU consumption and potentially denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.7.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8vfg-2r28-hvhj Crass: Non-ASCII characters cause superlinear CPU consumption
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Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:00:00 +0000

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Description Crass is a Ruby CSS parser that's fully compliant with the CSS Syntax Level 3 specification. Prior to 1.0.7, when Crass parses input containing `non-ASCII characters`, inefficiencies in tracking the positions of `multi-byte characters` result in superlinear parsing time. An attacker-controlled CSS input consisting of many `non-ASCII characters` can therefore cause excessive CPU consumption and potentially denial of service. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.7.
Title Crass: Non-ASCII characters cause superlinear CPU consumption
Weaknesses CWE-400
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Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

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Updated: 2026-10-30T18:45:20.036Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T20:28:17.513Z

Link: CVE-2026-61848

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Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-30T19:18:28.707

Modified: 2026-10-30T19:39:14.897

Link: CVE-2026-61848

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