Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) Affecting simple-markdown package, versions <0.5.2
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- published 1 Sep 2019
- disclosed 30 Aug 2019
- credit ariabuckles
How to fix?
Upgrade simple-markdown to version 0.5.2 or higher.
Overview
simple-markdown is a markdown-like parser designed for simplicity and extensibility.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via inline code blocks.
References
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