Detections
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CVE-2021-26813

high

Description

markdown2 >=1.0.1.18, fixed in 2.4.0, is affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability. If an attacker provides a malicious string, it can make markdown2 processing difficult or delayed for an extended period of time.

References

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JTIX5UXRDJZJ57DO4V33ZNJTNKWGBQLY/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J752422YELXLMLZJPVJVKD2KKHHQRVEH/

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRP5RN35JZTSJ3JT4722F447ZDK7LZS5/

https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/pull/387

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2021-03-03

Updated: 2023-11-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High