CVE-2022-21670 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Prior to version 1.3.2, special patterns with length greater than 50 thousand characterss could slow down the parser significantly. Users should upgrade to version 12.3.2 to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01157.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Markdown-it Project	Markdown-it

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markdown-it_project:markdown-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-0488	markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Prior to version 1.3.2, special patterns with length greater than 50 thousand characterss could slow down the parser significantly. Users should upgrade to version 12.3.2 to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
Github GHSA	GHSA-6vfc-qv3f-vr6c	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in markdown-it

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/ffc49ab46b5b751cd2be0aabb146f2ef84986101
https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/security/advisories/GHSA-6vfc-qv3f-vr6c

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2022-01-10T20:40:10.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-22T18:33:46.200Z

Reserved: 2021-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-21670

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-10T21:15:07.967

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:45:11.870

Link: CVE-2022-21670

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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