Crass is a Ruby CSS parser that's fully compliant with the CSS Syntax Level 3 specification. Prior to 1.0.7, when the `:preserve_comments` option is not enabled, which is the default, Crass discards CSS comments by recursively consuming the next token. An attacker-provided stylesheet containing a very large number of adjacent comments can cause excessive recursion and trigger a `SystemStackError`, denying service to the parsing application. Preserving comments avoids this recursive path. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.7.
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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-wwpr-jff3-395c Crass: A large number of adjacent CSS comments can trigger a SystemStackError
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Description Crass is a Ruby CSS parser that's fully compliant with the CSS Syntax Level 3 specification. Prior to 1.0.7, when the `:preserve_comments` option is not enabled, which is the default, Crass discards CSS comments by recursively consuming the next token. An attacker-provided stylesheet containing a very large number of adjacent comments can cause excessive recursion and trigger a `SystemStackError`, denying service to the parsing application. Preserving comments avoids this recursive path. This issue is fixed in version 1.0.7.
Title Crass: A large number of adjacent CSS comments can trigger a SystemStackError
Weaknesses CWE-674
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-30T18:44:22.330Z

Reserved: 2026-07-10T20:28:17.513Z

Link: CVE-2026-61847

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-30T19:18:28.540

Modified: 2026-10-30T19:39:14.897

Link: CVE-2026-61847

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-30T21:00:26Z

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