CVE-2026-82605 (GCVE-0-2026-82605)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-31 02:15 – Updated: 2026-08-31 02:15
VLAI
Title
BareBones BBEdit Lasso Language Tokenizer infinite loop
Summary
A vulnerability has been found in BareBones BBEdit up to 15.5.5. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Lasso Language Tokenizer. Such manipulation leads to infinite loop. The attack can be executed remotely. Upgrading to version 16.0 is sufficient to fix this issue. The affected component should be upgraded.
CWE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
BareBones BBEdit Affected: 15.5.0
Affected: 15.5.1
Affected: 15.5.2
Affected: 15.5.3
Affected: 15.5.4
Affected: 15.5.5
Unaffected: 16.0
    cpe:2.3:a:barebones:bbedit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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