CVE-2026-29074 | SVGO: DoS through entity expansion in DOCTYPE (Billion Laughs)

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SVGO, short for SVG Optimizer, is a Node.js library and command-line application for optimizing SVG files. From version 2.1.0 to before version 2.8.1, from version 3.0.0 to before version 3.3.3, and before version 4.0.1, SVGO accepts XML with custom entities, without guards against entity expansion or recursion. This can result in a small XML file (811 bytes) stalling the application and even crashing the Node.js process with JavaScript heap out of memory. This issue has been patched in versions 2.8.1, 3.3.3, and 4.0.1.

Published: 2026-03-06 Last update: 2026-03-10 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2026-29074 is rated Exploit Available (51/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2026-29074

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2026-29074

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-12 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
2 2026-03-06 0.04%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2026-29074

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2026-29074

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2026-29074

GHSA-xpqw-6gx7-v673 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: npm — SVGO DoS through entity expansion in DOCTYPE (Billion Laughs)

OS Trackers for CVE-2026-29074

vendor priority summary link
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-29074
suse high CVE-2026-29074 severity important: SUSE including 24 source package names (cockpit, cockpit-bridge, …), 148 product×package rows across 28 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, … (28 product lines)): Known Not Affected 148. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-29074/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2026-29074

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
svgo svgo >= 2.1.0, < 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:svgo:svgo:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
svgo svgo >= 3.0.0, < 3.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:svgo:svgo:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*
svgo svgo >= 4.0.0, < 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:svgo:svgo:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

References for CVE-2026-29074

URL Tags
https://github.com/svg/svgo/security/advisories/GHSA-xpqw-6gx7-v673 Exploit Mitigation Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence