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GHSA-5r3x-p7xx-x6q5

Comrak AST node data is not validated (GHSL-2023-049)

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) Moderate CVE-2023-28631

Packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
crates.io comrak < 0.17.0 0.17.0

Details

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### Impact A Comrak AST can be constructed manually by a program instead of parsing a Markdown document with `parse_document`. This AST can then be converted to HTML via `html::format_document_with_plugins`. However, the HTML formatting code assumes that the AST is well-formed. For example, many AST notes contain `[u8]` fields which the formatting code assumes is valid UTF-8 data. Several bugs can be triggered if this is not the case. ### Patches 0.17.0 contains adjustments to the AST, storing strings instead of unvalidated byte arrays. ### Workarounds * Validate UTF-8 correctness of all data when assigning to `&[u8]` and `Vec<u8>` fields in the AST. ### References n/a

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