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GHSA-4r62-v4vq-hr96

MediumCVSS 5.3 / 10
Published Feb 8, 2021·Last modified Mar 13, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Impact

What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted?

Regular expression Denial of Service

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

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Risk Scores
Base Score
5.3

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a low impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
4.9

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
2.46%

The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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