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[GHSA-64fm-8hw2-v72w] KaTeX's maxExpand bypassed by \edef#6777

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Versions 0.10.x and 0.11.x are listed in the affected range but do NOT have \edef support, making them unexploitable via this specific attack vector (though the underlying counting bug exists)

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github commented Feb 5, 2026

Hi there @edemaine! A community member has suggested an improvement to your security advisory. If approved, this change will affect the global advisory listed at github.com/advisories. It will not affect the version listed in your project repository.

This change will be reviewed by our Security Curation Team. If you have thoughts or feedback, please share them in a comment here! If this PR has already been closed, you can start a new community contribution for this advisory

@github-actions github-actions bot changed the base branch from main to Wenxin-Jiang/advisory-improvement-6777 February 5, 2026 00:42
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