CVE-2026-82604

BareBones BBEdit Java Language recursion

State: Published
Severity: 5.3 Medium
Published: Aug 31, 2026
Updated: Aug 31, 2026
Reserved: Aug 30, 2026

Description

A flaw has been found in BareBones BBEdit up to 15.5.5. Impacted is an unknown function of the component Java Language Module. This manipulation causes uncontrolled recursion. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. Upgrading to version 16.0 is recommended to address this issue. You should upgrade the affected component.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
4.0	5.3 Medium	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X	VulDB
3.1	4.3 Medium	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	VulDB
3.0	4.3 Medium	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:X/RL:O/RC:C	VulDB
2.0	5.0 Medium	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P/E:ND/RL:OF/RC:C	VulDB

Weaknesses

CWE-674 Uncontrolled Recursion
CWE-404 Denial of Service

Affected Products

Product	Versions
BBEditBareBones	15.5.0Affected 15.5.1Affected 15.5.2Affected 15.5.3Affected 15.5.4Affected 15.5.5Affected 16.0Not affected

References

VDB-397106 | BareBones BBEdit Java Language recursionvdb-entry
VDB-397106 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP)signaturepermissions-required
CVE-2026-82604 | CVE Analysis and Reportthird-party-advisory
Submit #892839 | BareBones BBEdit 15.5.5 Denial of Servicethird-party-advisory
https://ciphersecuritylabs.com/research/articles/fuzzing-bbedit-language-modules-stack-exhaustion-and-infinite-loop-dos-bugsrelated
https://www.barebones.com/support/bbedit/notes-16.0.htmlrelated
https://www.barebones.com/store/bbedit_upgrades.htmlpatch

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