Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting discount package, versions [0,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.01% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CONAN-DISCOUNT-15798538
  • published28 Mar 2026
  • disclosed26 Mar 2026
  • creditMTHG

Introduced: 26 Mar 2026

NewCVE-2026-4833  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for discount.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Uncontrolled Recursion in the compile function of the Markdown Handler component in markdown.c. An attacker can cause the application to crash by providing an input with infinitely deep blockquotes, leading to uncontrolled recursion and resource exhaustion.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1