CVE-2023-26303 (GCVE-0-2023-26303)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-22 23:44 – Updated: 2025-03-11 18:22
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Summary
Denial of service could be caused to markdown-it-py, before v2.2.0, if an attacker was allowed to force null assertions with specially crafted input.
Severity ?
3.3 (Low)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Executable Books markdown-it-py Affected: 0 , < v2.2.0 (semver)
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Mark Esler Chris Sewell
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