CVE-2022-41709 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Markdownify version 1.4.1 allows an external attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely on any client attempting to view a malicious markdown file through Markdownify. This is possible because the application has the "nodeIntegration" option enabled.

Published: 2022-10-19

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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Markdownify

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.4.1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:markdownify_project:markdownify:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-7076	Markdownify subject to Remote Code Execution via malicious markdown file
Github GHSA	GHSA-c942-mfmp-p4fh	Markdownify subject to Remote Code Execution via malicious markdown file

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00077.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://fluidattacks.com/advisories/adams/
https://github.com/amitmerchant1990/electron-markdownify

History

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.0004}`	epss `{'score': 0.00047}`

Thu, 08 May 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-829
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Markdownify Project Markdownify

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Fluid Attacks

Published: 2022-10-19T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-08T20:04:07.255Z

Reserved: 2022-09-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-41709

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T12:49:43.875Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-19T17:15:09.653

Modified: 2025-05-08T20:15:21.767

Link: CVE-2022-41709

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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