CVE-2026-53530
Published:August 21, 2026
Updated:September 24, 2026
RaTeX is a KaTeX-compatible math rendering engine written in Rust. Prior to version 0.1.11, the public parser entrypoint "ratex_parser::parse(&str)" panics on the 9-byte input "\verbéxé" (i.e. "\verb" followed by the non-ASCII delimiter "é"). When handling a "\verb" command, the parser slices the verbatim argument with byte indices ("arg[1..arg.len() - 1]"); if the delimiter character is multibyte UTF-8, index "1" lands inside that character and Rust panics with “byte index 1 is not a char boundary”. Because RaTeX’s release profile sets "panic = "abort"" ("Cargo.toml:48"), the panic aborts the entire process — not just the current request/thread — making this a hard denial of service for any service that renders untrusted LaTeX. Version 0.1.11 fixes the issue.
Affected Packages
ratex-parser (RUST):
Affected version(s) >=0.0.3 <0.1.11Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 0.1.11Additional Notes
The description of this vulnerability differs from MITRE.
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Contact UsCVSS v4
Base Score:
8.7
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
HIGH
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
7.5
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Weakness Type (CWE)
EPSS
Base Score:
0.31