CVE-2023-28626
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published: 2023-03-28T20:14:27.217Z
State: PUBLISHED
title: Quadratic runtime when parsing Markdown in comrak
problemTypes: descriptions: cweId: CWE-400
description: CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
type: CWE
metrics: cvssV3_1: attackComplexity: LOW
attackVector: NETWORK
availabilityImpact: LOW
baseScore: 5.3
baseSeverity: MEDIUM
confidentialityImpact: NONE
integrityImpact: NONE
privilegesRequired: NONE
scope: UNCHANGED
userInteraction: NONE
vectorString: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
version: 3.1
affected: vendor: kivikakk
product: comrak
versions: version: < 0.17.0
status: affected
descriptions: value: comrak is a CommonMark + GFM compatible Markdown parser and renderer written in rust. A range of quadratic parsing issues are present in Comrak. These can be used to craft denial-of-service attacks on services that use Comrak to parse Markdown. This issue has been addressed in version 0.17.0. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. This issue is also tracked as `GHSL-2023-047`
source: advisory: GHSA-8hqf-xjwp-p67v
discovery: UNKNOWN