Security vulnerabilities and automated fixes for algorithmic complexity issues
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A high-severity algorithmic complexity vulnerability (CVE-2026-59887) was discovered in linkify-it 5.0.1, where the mailto: validator's scan-loop exhibited quadratic time complexity when processing attacker-controlled text. This vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial-of-service conditions by submitting specially crafted input that triggers excessive processing time. The fix involved upgrading linkify-it from version 5.0.1 to 5.0.2 in the tizumark project.