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CVE-2015-10005
markdown-it html_re.js redos
Low3.5EPSS 1.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
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- VulDB
Description
A vulnerability was found in markdown-it up to 2.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file lib/common/html_re.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216852.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.5.
Weakness
Affected products
markdown-it
- affected 2.x
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmmarkdown-itGHSA-j5p7-jf4q-742q (opens in a new tab)
References (4)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216852 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216852 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0d (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/releases/tag/3.0.0 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-j5p7-jf4q-742q (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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