GHSA-gpvj-gp8c-c7p2
GitHub Security Advisory
Regular Expression Denial of Service in simple-markdown
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HIGH
Has CVE
Advisory Details
A vulnerability has been found in simple-markdown 0.5.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file simple-markdown.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. The attack can be launched remotely. Upgrading to version 0.5.2 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 89797fef9abb4cab2fb76a335968266a92588816. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-220639.
Affected Packages
npm
simple-markdown
Affected versions:
0
(fixed in 0.5.2)
Related CVEs
Key Information
7.5
/10
Dataset
Last updated: July 1, 2025 6:26 AM
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