ratex-parser has unbounded parser recursion that leads to stack overflow (process abort) (CVE-2026-53531) | HOL Guard CVE

Medium · CVSS 6.9CVE-2026-53531GHSA-4W5H-HX6R-28Q7

ratex-parser has unbounded parser recursion that leads to stack overflow (process abort)

Answer in brief

CVE-2026-53531 records a Medium severity (CVSS 6.9) vulnerability in ratex-parser has unbounded parser recursion that leads to stack overflow (process abort). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps erweixin/RaTeX (generic), ratex-parser (rust). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Analysis pending evidence review

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Published Aug 21, 2026Updated Sep 9, 2026Source checked Sep 17, 2026First seen by HOL Jul 8, 2026Material review Sep 9, 2026

Upstream Advisory

Key facts

Risk: Medium · CVSS 6.9
Exploitation: Not marked as known exploited
Affected software: 2 mapped packages or products
Fix availability: Available

Why this deserves its current priority

CVSS is 6.9. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.

Analysis status

Analysis pending evidence review

Factual feed record only; HOL analysis is not approved for indexing. Read the methodology.

Affected scope and exposure questions

The current feed maps erweixin/RaTeX (generic), ratex-parser (rust). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.

Mapped affected packages and fixed versions
Package	Affected range	Fixed version
erweixin/RaTeXgeneric	< 0.1.11	Not reported
ratex-parserrust	<0.1.11	0.1.11

Recommended response

Check inventory. Check lockfiles and deployed manifests for erweixin/RaTeX, ratex-parser.
Review the reported fix. Update ratex-parser to 0.1.11 if you use the affected versions. Test the change in a non-production environment first.

Evidence timeline and material changes

Published upstream
Aug 21, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
Source modified
Sep 9, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:record
First seen by HOL
Jul 8, 2026

Sources and claim methodology

Upstream source description

RaTeX is a KaTeX-compatible math rendering engine written in Rust. Prior to version 0.1.11, RaTeX’s recursive-descent parser recurses one (or more) native stack frame per nesting level at `{`, `\left`, `\sqrt{`, `^{`, etc, with no maximum depth limit. A short, ~10 KB input of nested groups overflows the 8 MB main-thread stack and aborts the process. With `panic = "abort"` (`Cargo.toml:48`), and because a Rust stack overflow is always a fatal `SIGABRT` regardless of panic strategy this is an unrecoverable, whole-process denial of service reachable from a single untrusted LaTeX string. Version 0.1.11 fixes the issue.

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