Intel/AIKIDO-2024-10035
markdown-it
AIKIDO-2024-10035
markdown-it is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)CVE-2022-21670 Published Apr 22, 2024
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Medium Risk
This Affects:
markdown-it2.0.0 - 12.3.1
Fixed in 12.3.2Are you affected? Scan for Free
TL;DR
The affected versions use a regular expression with inefficient, potentially exponential worst-case computational complexity, causing excessive CPU consumption in lib/rules_inline/newline.js via the /s+$/ pattern on line 23.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.
Background info
markdown-it is vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) in versions 2.0.0 - 12.3.1.
How to fix this
Upgrade the markdown-it library to the patch version.
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