CVE-2026-2327
Severity CVSS v4.0:
MEDIUM
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/02/2026
Last modified:
12/02/2026
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 4.0
5.50
Severity 4.0
MEDIUM
Base Score 3.x
5.30
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://gist.github.com/ltduc147/c9abecae1b291ede4f692f2ab988c917
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/blob/14.1.0/lib/rules_inline/linkify.mjs%23L33
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/4b4bbcae5e0990a5b172378e507b33a59012ed26
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MARKDOWNIT-10666750
- https://gist.github.com/ltduc147/c9abecae1b291ede4f692f2ab988c917
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-MARKDOWNIT-10666750



