GHSA-38C4-R59V-3VQW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-12 06:30 – Updated: 2026-02-13 20:04
VLAI?
Summary
markdown-it is has a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Details

Versions of the package markdown-it from 13.0.0 and before 14.1.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the use of the regex /*+$/ in the linkify function. An attacker can supply a long sequence of * characters followed by a non-matching character, which triggers excessive backtracking and may lead to a denial-of-service condition.

Severity ?
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "markdown-it"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "13.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "14.1.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-2327"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-1333"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2026-02-13T20:04:39Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-02-12T06:16:02Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Versions of the package markdown-it from 13.0.0 and before 14.1.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the use of the regex /\\*+$/ in the linkify function. An attacker can supply a long sequence of * characters followed by a non-matching character, which triggers excessive backtracking and may lead to a denial-of-service condition.",
  "id": "GHSA-38c4-r59v-3vqw",
  "modified": "2026-02-13T20:04:39Z",
  "published": "2026-02-12T06:30:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-2327"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/4b4bbcae5e0990a5b172378e507b33a59012ed26"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/ltduc147/c9abecae1b291ede4f692f2ab988c917"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/14.1.0/lib/rules_inline/linkify.mjs#L33"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MARKDOWNIT-10666750"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "markdown-it is has a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)"
}


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