CVE-2015-10005
A vulnerability was found in markdown-it up to 2.x.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was found in markdown-it up to 2.x. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file lib/common/html_re.js. The manipulation leads to inefficient regular expression complexity. Upgrading to version 3.0.0 is able to address this issue. The name of the patch is 89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0d. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216852.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.99% probability · 62th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- markdown-it project/markdown-it
- Source
- cna@vuldb.com
EPSS 1.0% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/releases/tag/3.0.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216852Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216852Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/commit/89c8620157d6e38f9872811620d25138fc9d1b0dPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/markdown-it/markdown-it/releases/tag/3.0.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.216852Third Party Advisory
- https://vuldb.com/?id.216852Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.