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CVE-2022-21670

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in markdown-it

CVSS 5.3 MEDIUMEPSS 2.2%CWE-400
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 5.3EPSS 2.2%KEV nãoPoC Nuclei Metasploit Patch
Lifecycle
10 Jan 2022Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Prior to version 1.3.2, special patterns with length greater than 50 thousand characterss could slow down the parser significantly. Users should upgrade to version 12.3.2 to receive a patch. There are no known workarounds aside from upgrading.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

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