VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2021-26813
markdown2 >=1.0.1.18, fixed in 2.4.0, is affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 2.23%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.23%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
markdown2 >=1.0.1.18, fixed in 2.4.0, is affected by a regular expression denial of service vulnerability. If an attacker provides a malicious string, it can make markdown2 processing difficult or delayed for an extended period of time.
- 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
- 2.23% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1333
- Affected
- markdown2 project/markdown2 · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/pull/387Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRP5RN35JZTSJ3JT4722F447ZDK7LZS5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J752422YELXLMLZJPVJVKD2KKHHQRVEH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JTIX5UXRDJZJ57DO4V33ZNJTNKWGBQLY/
- https://github.com/trentm/python-markdown2/pull/387Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BRP5RN35JZTSJ3JT4722F447ZDK7LZS5/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/J752422YELXLMLZJPVJVKD2KKHHQRVEH/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JTIX5UXRDJZJ57DO4V33ZNJTNKWGBQLY/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.