CVE-2026-40890
github.com/gomarkdown/markdown: Out-of-bounds Read in SmartypantsRenderer
Vexday Risk Score
21Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 7.5EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
21 Apr 2026Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
The package `github.com/gomarkdown/markdown` is a Go library for parsing Markdown text and rendering as HTML. Processing a malformed input containing a < character that is not followed by a > character anywhere in the remaining text with a SmartypantsRenderer will lead to Out of Bounds read or a panic. This vulnerability is fixed with commit 759bbc3e32073c3bc4e25969c132fc520eda2778.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
gomarkdown · markdown