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.
Product
debian/python-markdown2 vulnerabilities
2 published CVES affecting debian/python-markdown2, from public sources (CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV).
- Total
- 2
- Critical
- 0
- High
- 1
- Medium
- 1
- Low
- 0
- Unscored
- 0
- CISA KEV
- 0
Latest debian/python-markdown2 CVEs
Newest publication first
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HighCVSS 8.7
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MediumCVSS 5.1
python-markdown2 through 2.3.8 allows XSS because element names are mishandled unless a \w+ match succeeds. For example, an attack might use elementname@ or elementname- with an onclick attribute.
Sources: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, OSV and public exploit-reference metadata. Product matching comes from the published CVE records. A proof-of-concept means public code exists; it is not evidence of exploitation.