CVE-2026-111766 (GCVE-0-2026-111766)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-19 19:47
Modified
2026-10-26 17:37
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Summary
markdown-it is a Markdown parser. Prior to 14.3.3 and 15.0.3, when the html option or commonmark preset is enabled and the constructs occur inside a paragraph, attacker-controlled Markdown containing repeated unterminated inline HTML comments, processing instructions, declarations, or CDATA sections reaches src/rules_inline/html_inline.ts. Its HTML_TAG_RE match searches the remaining suffix for the appropriate terminator; when no terminator is present, parsing advances to the next opener and repeats the match over overlapping input, causing quadratic processing and denial of service through event-loop blocking or an unresponsive browser main thread. HTML blocks and the default HTML-disabled configuration are not affected by these payloads. This issue is fixed in versions 14.3.3 and 15.0.3.
References
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Impacted products
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| markdown-it | markdown-it |
Version: >= 15.0.0, < 15.0.3 Version: < 14.3.3 |
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