GHSA-4r62-v4vq-hr96
Regular Expression Denial of Service (REDoS) in Marked
Packages
Details
As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).
### Impact
_What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?_
[Regular expression Denial of Service](https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS)
A Denial of Service attack can affect anyone who runs user generated code through `marked`.
### Patches
_Has the problem been patched? What versions should users upgrade to?_
patched in v2.0.0
### Workarounds
_Is there a way for users to fix or remediate the vulnerability without upgrading?_
None.
### References
_Are there any links users can visit to find out more?_
https://github.com/markedjs/marked/issues/1927
https://owasp.org/www-community/attacks/Regular_expression_Denial_of_Service_-_ReDoS
### For more information
If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:
* Open an issue in [marked](https://github.com/markedjs/marked/issues)
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://github.com/markedjs/marked/security/advisories/GHSA-4r62-v4vq-hr96
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-21306
- https://github.com/markedjs/marked/issues/1927
- https://github.com/markedjs/marked/pull/1864
- https://github.com/markedjs/marked/commit/7293251c438e3ee968970f7609f1a27f9007bccd
- https://www.npmjs.com/package/marked