Description
Versions of the package markdown-it from 13.0.0 and before 14.1.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the use of the regex /\*+$/ in the linkify function. An attacker can supply a long sequence of * characters followed by a non-matching character, which triggers excessive backtracking and may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Published: 2026-02-12
Score: 6.9 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Denial of Service
Action: Apply Patch
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-38c4-r59v-3vqw markdown-it is has a Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS)
History

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Markdown-it Project
Markdown-it Project markdown-it
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:markdown-it_project:markdown-it:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Markdown-it Project
Markdown-it Project markdown-it

Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Title markdown-it: markdown-it: Denial of Service via Regular Expression Denial of Service in linkify function
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

threat_severity

Moderate


Thu, 12 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Thu, 12 Feb 2026 09:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Markdown-it
Markdown-it markdown-it
Vendors & Products Markdown-it
Markdown-it markdown-it

Thu, 12 Feb 2026 05:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Versions of the package markdown-it from 13.0.0 and before 14.1.1 are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) due to the use of the regex /\*+$/ in the linkify function. An attacker can supply a long sequence of * characters followed by a non-matching character, which triggers excessive backtracking and may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
Weaknesses CWE-1333
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:P'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


Subscriptions

Markdown-it Markdown-it
Markdown-it Project Markdown-it
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-12T14:41:53.714Z

Reserved: 2026-02-11T07:02:27.771Z

Link: CVE-2026-2327

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-02-12T14:41:22.399Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2026-02-12T06:16:02.243

Modified: 2026-02-23T14:08:11.870

Link: CVE-2026-2327

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-02-12T05:00:07Z

Links: CVE-2026-2327 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-04-17T20:15:26Z

Weaknesses