Medium severity · published Aug 7, 2026
CVE-2026-66062
SvelteKit: ReDoS (O(n^2)) in content negotiation — unauthenticated DoS via the Accept header
5.3
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
SvelteKit is a framework for rapidly developing robust, performant web applications using Svelte. Prior to 2.70.2, the content negotiation header parser used by SvelteKit's request handling (for headers such as Accept) uses a regular expression vulnerable to quadratic backtracking, so a maliciously crafted header value can cause excessive CPU consumption and degrade or deny service. Version 2.70.2 fixes the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 43% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KI
kit · sveltejs
< 2.70.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-66062
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-66062
github.com
https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/commit/82712fc02c24b1dcf5b25d7a52129cd8455f04f5
github.com
https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/releases/tag/@sveltejs/kit@2.70.2
github.com
https://github.com/sveltejs/kit/security/advisories/GHSA-29g2-3rmr-qm68
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