CVE-2026-2327

markdown-it: markdown-it: Denial of Service via Regular Expression Denial of Service in linkify function

Published Feb 12, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 6.9 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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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
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
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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

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

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
snyk
Published
Updated
Feb 12, 2026, 2:41 PM
Reserved
Feb 11, 2026, 7:02 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Feb 12, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:30 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 12, 2026, 5:00 AM