In short
- CVE-2024-1899 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability affecting showdown (showdownjs), showdown.
- Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.81%, higher than 57.0% of all vulnerabilities.
- No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|
| showdown | ≤ 2.1.0
| No fix yet |
| showdown npm | ≤ 2.1.0
| No fix yet |
Description
Showdownjs, versions <= 2.1.0, anchors subparser used to parse links has a nested regular expression which can lead to denial of service conditions given malicious input.
NVD description
An issue in the anchors subparser of Showdownjs versions <= 2.1.0 could allow a remote attacker to cause denial of service conditions.
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