Vulnerability · Published Aug 31, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2026-82605BareBones BBEdit Lasso Language Tokenizer infinite loop
Medium 4.3
In plain English
A medium-severity infinite loop in BBEdit from BareBones. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 48% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 52.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-835, CWE-404 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
References
- VDB-397107 | BareBones BBEdit Lasso Language Tokenizer infinite loop vdb-entry
- VDB-397107 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP) signature, permissions-required
- CVE-2026-82605 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
- Submit #892840 | BareBones BBEdit 15.5.5 Denial of Service third-party-advisory
- https://ciphersecuritylabs.com/research/articles/fuzzing-bbedit-language-modules-stack-exhaustion-and-infinite-loop-dos-bugs related
- https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/notes-16.0.html related
- https://www.barebones.com/store/bbedit_upgrades.html patch