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CVE-2022-21680

Cubic catastrophic backtracking (ReDoS) in marked

Published: Jan 14, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-400
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.8%
Top 14.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Marked is a markdown parser and compiler. Prior to version 4.0.10, the regular expression `block.def` may cause catastrophic backtracking against some strings and lead to a regular expression denial of service (ReDoS). Anyone who runs untrusted markdown through a vulnerable version of marked and does not use a worker with a time limit may be affected. This issue is patched in version 4.0.10. As a workaround, avoid running untrusted markdown through marked or run marked on a worker thread and set a reasonable time limit to prevent draining resources.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:NA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:NIntegrity
None
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-400CWE-1333

Affected Products

Red Hat Inc.
commercial·USaka red hat
Red Hat OpenShift GitOpsOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Red Hat Ceph StorageOn-prem
Operating Systems / linux-distro
markedjs
oss-projectaka marked
markedLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
marked project
oss-projectaka marked
markedLibrary
Consumer Software / productivity
fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
npm
package-ecosystem
marked
OSS Libraries
IBM Corp.
commercial·USaka ibm, ibm corporation
IBM Maximo Asset ManagementOn-premWeb App
Enterprise Software / itsm-monitoring
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/markedjs/marked/security/advisories/GHSA-rrrm-qjm4-v8hf
github.com
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/commit/c4a3ccd344b6929afa8a1d50ac54a721e57012c0
github.com
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/releases/tag/v4.0.10
github.com
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