Bug 2175704 (CVE-2023-26303) - CVE-2023-26303 markdown-it-py: Denial of service by forcing null assertions with specially crafted input
Summary: CVE-2023-26303 markdown-it-py: Denial of service by forcing null assertions w...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-26303
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 2175706 2175705
Blocks: Embargoed2172788
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Reported: 2023-03-06 11:33 UTC by Vipul Nair
Modified: 2023-05-02 17:18 UTC (History)
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Fixed In Version: markdown-it-py 2.2.0
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A denial of service vulnerability exists in markdown-it-py.An attacker could craft a payload with null assertations as input resulting in a crash and availability of the component
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Description Vipul Nair 2023-03-06 11:33:54 UTC 
CVE-2023-26303
Denial of service could be caused to markdown-it-py, before v2.2.0, if an attacker was allowed to force null assertions with specially crafted input.

https://github.com/executablebooks/markdown-it-py/commit/ae03c6107dfa18e648f6fdd1280f5b89092d5d49
Comment 1 Vipul Nair 2023-03-06 11:36:05 UTC 
Created ansible-lint tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2175705]


Created python-ansible-compat tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 2175706]
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